Iran

Capital city — Tehran

Country population
82,913,906
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.783
(70/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2014
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
The Judiciary
Total number of prisoners
189,000
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
228
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
153 %
estimated percent…
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
253
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.1 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
25.1 %
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12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.1 %

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12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.5 %

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12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

25.1 %

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12/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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