Iran
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Eight Gilaks among newly identified protest victims
Eshaq Qanbarnia, Abbas Arezu, Arash Hassani, Milad Mianehkhah, Emad Shoush, Erfan Azordeh, Omid Norouzi, Parsa Abyazi
- JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three Kurds, including a 16-year-old, shot dead during protests
Mohammadreza Abdolrahmanzadeh, Yasin Elahi, Meysam Nazar
JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on the 22nd day of protests. 3,685 protesters killed
8,949 additional deaths are still under investigation
JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Milanouyi and Hossein Zabihzadeh killed during the protests
JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 23rd day of protests: 3,428 protesters confirmed killed
The real number could be between 5,000 and 20,000
JANUARY 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 23rd day of protests: 4,029 confirmed fatalities, 9,049 fatalities under review
Internet Blackout, Media Clampdown, and Cancellation of Davos Invitation
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identities of four killed protesters
Morteza Shaneh, Parsa Saffar, Hamid Mahdavi, Abbasali Ramezani
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 of the victims of the protests identified
Mehran Rafiei, Shahin Azar-Atash, Mostafa Tabrizi, Houman Sabbagh, Afshin Miyarkiani, Matin Montazerzohour, Sina Haghshenas
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 people killed in Tehran protests identified
Nasir Nasiri, Arsalan Ghahramani, and Omid Saeedi
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five people killed in Tehran protests identified
Hamid Arzanlou, Vahid Arzanlou, Mohammadreza Entezami, Milad Gholami, Ali Sadeghi
- JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five identified among killed protesters
Hamid Arzanlou, Vahid Arzanlou, Mohammadreza Entezami, Milad Gholami, Ali Sadeghi
JANUARY 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Naderi and Saman Fattahi killed during protests