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 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alam Karimi was hanged on October 10 at Sanandaj Central Prison
IRAN - Alam Karimi was hanged on October 10 at Sanandaj Central Prison
- OCTOBER 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, Alireza Mehmandoust, and a woman, were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on October 9.
IRAN - A man, Alireza Mehmandoust, and a woman, were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on October 9.
OCTOBER 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Annual report on the death penalty in Iran.
IRAN - Annual report on the death penalty in Iran.
- OCTOBER 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jahan Agashteh executed at Vakilabad prison on Oct. 8.
IRAN - Jahan Agashteh executed at Vakilabad prison on Oct. 8.
- OCTOBER 6, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolhakim Shahbakhsh and Assadollah Alizehi hanged at the prison of Kerman on Oct. 6.
IRAN - Abdolhakim Shahbakhsh and Assadollah Alizehi hanged at the prison of Kerman on Oct. 6.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four prisoners executed on October 2 at Raja’i Shahr Prison.
IRAN - Four prisoners executed on October 2 at Raja’i Shahr Prison.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man was hanged in public on October 2 in the city of Rasht.
IRAN - A man was hanged in public on October 2 in the city of Rasht.
- OCTOBER 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on October 1.
IRAN - Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on October 1.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj In the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2019, Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.