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
- OCTOBER 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six inmates
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six inmates
- OCTOBER 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two prisoners were hanged
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), two prisoners were hanged
- OCTOBER 22, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
a 35-year-old prisoner was executed in the prison of Amol, reported the state run news agency FARS. The
- OCTOBER 21, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 3 AFGHANS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
At least three Afghans were hanged to death in Iran over drugs smuggling charges, Afghan officials said.
OCTOBER 19, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT INMATES EXECUTED, SIX DIE IN A PRISON DUE TO DIRE CONDITIONS
eight inmates were hanged in Ghezel-Hessar Karaj Prison.
OCTOBER 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN RASHT
four men were executed for drug-related charges in the main prison of Rasht, reported the official website of
OCTOBER 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A TEENAGE BOY WAS SENT TO GALLOWS
A teenage boy identified as Fardin Jaffarian, 18, was hanged early in the morning in Tabriz Central prison,
OCTOBER 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX PRISONERS SECRETLY HANGED
The Iranian regime has secretly hanged at least six prisoners last week in three cities, according to reports
- OCTOBER 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Iranian authorities in the main prison of Zahedan hanged a 30-year-old man for murder early
- OCTOBER 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN CONVICTED IN CONTROVERSIAL MURDER CASE COULD ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
An Iranian woman facing the death sentence in a murder case that some have labeled a miscarriage of
- OCTOBER 2, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN DROPS DEATH-SENTENCE CARRYING CHARGES AGAINST PASTORS, CHRISTIANS
Iran has apparently dropped death-sentence carrying charges against two evangelical pastors and another
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: REYHANEH JABBARI EXECUTION POSTPONED AFTER CAMPAIGN
An Iranian woman due to be put to death for killing a man she said was trying to sexually abuse her is