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
NOVEMBER 22, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTION IN KARAJ
According to a close source, a prisoner was executed at Rajai Shahr Prison charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God).
NOVEMBER 22, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE EXECUTED IN TABRIZ
According to a report by HRANA News Agency which is also confirmed by Iran Human Rights (IHR), on the morning three prisoners were executed at Tabriz Central Prison on murder charges.
NOVEMBER 18, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES
According to a close source, a prisoner was hanged on the morning at Ilam Central Prison.
NOVEMBER 13, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTION IN BANDAR ABBAS
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison.
NOVEMBER 13, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to the human rights news agency, HRANA, on the morning a prisoner was hanged in public in Babol (a city in Mazandaran Province).
NOVEMBER 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Urmia department of the Islamic Revolutionary Court issued death sentence for Kurdish political prisoners Diyako Resulzade and Sabîr Şêx Ebdullah on alleged charges of “enmity against God” and “membership to Kurdish parties”.
NOVEMBER 7, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
According to a close source, on the morning four prisoners were executed at Urmia Central Prison (Darya).
- NOVEMBER 6, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTION IN MASHHAD
According to a report by Khorasan Newspaper, on the morning of November 1, a prisoner was hanged at Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad) on murder charges.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT ORUMIYEH CENTRAL PRISON
A death row prisoner was executed on murder charges in the central prison of Orumiyeh.
OCTOBER 31, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT MARAGHEH PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Maragheh Prison (Northwestern Iran) on murder charges.
OCTOBER 29, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT ZAHEDAN CENTRAL PRISON ON MURDER CHARGES
According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central prison on murder charges.
- OCTOBER 26, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to a report by the Iranian state-run news agency Rokna, on the morning a prisoner was executed in public at Ghamsal (Keshavarz) Square in the city of Khoy (Northwestern Iran).