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
FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.
IRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammmadreza Rafati and Mohammad Tayyebi hanged on February 26 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Mohammmadreza Rafati and Mohammad Tayyebi hanged on February 26 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 prisoners, not identified, were reportedly hanged on February 26
IRAN - 2 prisoners, not identified, were reportedly hanged on February 26
- FEBRUARY 25, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia sentences 1 to death, 7 to jail in Iran spying case.
SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia sentences 1 to death, 7 to jail in Iran spying case.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saudi Arabia sentences 1 to death, 7 to jail in Iran spying case.
IRAN - Saudi Arabia sentences 1 to death, 7 to jail in Iran spying case.
FEBRUARY 24, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE NOVEMBER PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced three people arrested in the heat of anti-government protests last November to death, Radio Farda reported on 23 February 2020.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi sentenced to death
IRAN - Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The UN Special Rapporteur, Javaid Rehman, on the November Protests.
IRAN - The UN Special Rapporteur, Javaid Rehman, on the November Protests.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two men, Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad, hanged on February 19 at Rajai-Shahr prison
IRAN - Two men, Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad, hanged on February 19 at Rajai-Shahr prison
FEBRUARY 16, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to the “2019 Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report”, torture and corporal punishment are a common practice in Iran’s prisons.
IRAN - According to the “2019 Iran Human Rights Monitor Annual Report”, torture and corporal punishment are a common practice in Iran’s prisons.
FEBRUARY 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saraei hanged at Isfahan prison on February 13, 2020.
IRAN - Hassan Saraei hanged at Isfahan prison on February 13, 2020.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Mahi and Sadeq Akbarpour hanged on February 12, 2020 in Adel Abad Prison
IRAN - Hadi Mahi and Sadeq Akbarpour hanged on February 12, 2020 in Adel Abad Prison