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 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
IRAN - Behrooz Ansari-Lanjan executed
OCTOBER 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
According to HRANA, in the morning of 17 April 2018 a prisoner was executed at Tabriz Central Prison on murder charges. The prisoner was identified as Hossein Tal’ati, 31.
OCTOBER 15, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEDAYAT ABDOLLAHPOUR
Supreme Court Branch 47 has upheld the death sentence for Urmia prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour, one of several defendants charged in connection to the Oshnavieh clashes, his lawyer Hossein Ahmadiniaz told HRANA on 10 October 2018. It also upheld the prison
OCTOBER 9, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT QAZVIN CENTRAL PRISON
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 2 October 2018 Hamed Valizadeh was hanged at Qazvin Central Prison (also called Chubin Dar).
OCTOBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED AT RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
Based on information from Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, three prisoners held at Rajai Shahr Prison were executed on the morning of 3 October 2018.
OCTOBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A FEMALE JUVENILE OFFENDER AND FOUR MEN HANGED
Zeynab Sekanvand, a juvenile offender who was 17 years old when arrested for the murder of her husband, was executed on October 2, 2018 morning at Urmia prison along with four other prisoners.
OCTOBER 1, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRIVE AGAINST ECONOMIC CRIMES
Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on September 30, 2018
OCTOBER 1, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Supreme Court in Iran accepted the death sentence of Arsalan Khodkam, a political prisoner, Iran Human Rights reported on September 26, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TONEKABON'S PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning of September 25, 2018 one prisoner was executed at Nashtarud-Tonekabon Prison.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES DESPITE CASE OBSCURITY
Iranian authorities executed a man for drug related charges on September 15, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED PDKI CONNECTIONS
Iranian judiciary authorities on September 23, 2018 issued the death penalty to a Kurdish inmate over political activities and alleged membership in a Kurdish party.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ PRISON
According to the state-run news agency, Mizan, on the morning of September 22, 2018 nine prisoners were executed at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz.