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'Ă, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirwan Aminpour, political asylum seeker, arrested in Norway and faces deportation to Iran
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soran Feyzizadeh killed under torture in Bijar
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ten people, including two women, killed by direct fire from government forces
Negin Ghadimi, Parnia Shad Bejarkanari, Meysam Zarei Bejarkanari, Mehdi Saheli, Amir Heidardoost, Mehdi Ghadimi, Saeed Mirzaei, Ebrahim Ghioumi, Payam Babo Kuhestani, Abbas Khadem
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Canadian Citizen Killed During Protests
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hengaw Report: 5 killed, including two women, in Tehran protests
Golaleh Mahmoudi Azar Zahra Moradi, Siavash Shirzad, Erfan Alizadeh, Ali Abbasi
- JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 13 more Kurdish protesters confirmed killed
Golaleh Mahmoudi-Azar, Zahra Moradi, Erfan Alizadeh, Pouya Rostami, Keyvan Rezaei, Hossein Shirkoul, Siavash Shirzad, Rebin Moradi, Ardeshir Zarei, Ali Abbasi, Seyyed Milad Hosseini, Mohammad Seydi, Amir-Ali Jalilian
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Judiciary: Erfan Soltani not sentenced to death
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Trump Says Iran Halts Executions But Doesn't Rule Out Military Action
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Roberta Metsola Calls for Blacklisting the IRGC
President of the European Parliament
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hrana Report on 19th day of Protests: 2,677 dead
Emergency UN Security Council Meeting and Continued Nationwide Internet Shutdown
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on 19th day of protests: 3,428 dead
Systematic Killings and Violent Suppression: De Facto Martial Law
JANUARY 15, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Five women, one aged 15, killed during protests in Iran
Arnika Dabbagh, Nasim Pouraqaei, Sahba Rashtian, Mobina Beheshti e Nazli JanparvarArnika Dabbagh, Nasim Pouraqaei, Sahba Rashtian, Mobina Beheshti e Nazli Janparvar