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 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning seven prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.
OCTOBER 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to Iranian state media, on the morning, a prisoner was executed in public in Jahanabad (a village in Fahraj Rural District, Kerman Province) on murder charges.
OCTOBER 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: APPROVAL OF THE NEW ANTI-NARCOTIC BILL BY THE GUARDIAN COUNCIL
The bill that restricts the execution of those sentenced to death for petty drug offenses, which was approved on October 18, is a potentially a significant in decreasing the number of executions in Iran. However, it still doesn’t fully conform to what hum
OCTOBER 24, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN YAZD CENTRAL PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on the morning in the Yazd Central Prison.
- OCTOBER 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
STOCKHOLM ACADEMIC GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN
Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, has been sentenced to death in Iran, according to reports.
OCTOBER 14, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT RASHT CENTRAL PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning of October 14, a prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison.
OCTOBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGES AT KERMAN PRISON
According to ISNA and the Deputy of Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s office of Kerman, Mokhtar Shamsuddini, on the morning of October 12, a prisoner was hanged at Kerman Prison.
OCTOBER 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
According to the Iranian state-run news agency Mehr, on the morning of October 8, a prisoner was executed at Qazvin Central Prison. This prisoner was sentenced to death for drug related charges.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTION OF A PRISONER IN KERMAN
According to a report by ISNA and the deputy of Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office for Central Kerman Province, a prisoner who was charged with murder was hanged at Kerman prison.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN WESTERN IRAN OVER MURDER CHARGES
According to IRIB News Agency, on the morning of September 26 the execution of a prisoner who was charged with murder was carried out at Yasuj Central Prison.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN URMIA CENTRAL PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning the execution sentence of a prisoner who was charged with murder was carried out at Urmia Central Prison. The prisoner was identified as Javad Khayyeri from ward 15.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 74-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOSTING 'MIXED AND HALF-NAKED PARTIES'
Iran has sentenced a 74-year-old man to death for hosting “mixed and half-naked parties”, the head of Tehran’s judiciary said.