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 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
According to the Iranian newspaper Javan, a prisoner was sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) on a murder charge, IHR reported on 1 November 201
NOVEMBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS PRISON
According to the IHR sources, Nouri Yarkhorshidi, 35, was executed on 28 October 2018 at Bandar Abbas Prison.
- OCTOBER 31, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A FEMALE PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
A female prisoner detained in Khoy Prison, who was arrested on November 2016, was accused of adultery (sex outside marriage) after being sued by her husband and has been sentenced to death by the Criminal Court (Branch 1), the Kurdistan Human Rights Netwo
- OCTOBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
OCTOBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT SIRJAN PRISON
According to HRANA, on the morning of 18 October 2018, a prisoner was hanged at Sirjan Central Prison.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZAHEDAN PRISON
A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on rape charges on 20 October 2018 morning.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ARDEBIL PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on 22 October 2018 at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran.
- OCTOBER 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TRADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'DISRUPTING ECONOMY'
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld death sentences given to two financial traders convicted of illegal currency trading and "disrupting the economy", RFE/RL reported on 23 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Two prisoners were hanged on 16 October 2018 in Isfahan on murder charges.
- OCTOBER 19, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT ILAM PRISON
A prisoner was executed on 17 October 2018 at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges.
- OCTOBER 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT FERDOWS COUNTY PRISON
According to HRANA, on 14 October 2018 a prisoner named Ayyub Jahandar, 28, from Torbat Heydariye city, was hanged at Ferdows County prison.
OCTOBER 17, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SHAHREKORD PRISON
Two Prisoners were executed on murder charges at Shahrekord prison on 14 October 2018 morning.