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 17, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED
According to the state run Mehr news agency two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Noshahr
FEBRUARY 15, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN PUBLIC IN KARAJ
Two men were hanged in public in the city of Karaj at 7 AM this morning, reported the Iranian state media.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Rouhollah Tavana, a man who was arrested in
the Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Rouhollah Tavana, a man who was arrested in
FEBRUARY 14, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONERS RELEASED FOR MEMORIZING THE QURAN
Sixteen prisoners on death row – five women and 11 men – were pardoned after they successfully
- FEBRUARY 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, Fataemeh Abbaspour, 45, was hanged in the city of Rodbar after serving nine years in prison,
a woman, Fataemeh Abbaspour, 45, was hanged in the city of Rodbar after serving nine years in prison,
FEBRUARY 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN SHIRAZ
Two men were hanged in Iran's southern city of Shiraz this morning, Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.
FEBRUARY 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 2 PRISONERS WERE HANGED IN MASHHAD
two prisoners were hanged in Vakil Abad prison of Mashhad, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
FEBRUARY 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH ROW IRANIAN TEENAGER AWAITING EXECUTION WHEN HE TURNS 18
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to death in Iran for accidentally killing a friend during a brawl - and
FEBRUARY 10, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 15 PRISONERS HANGED IN CHABAHAR PRISON
The judiciary of Sistan province has executed 15 prisoners in Chabahar prison.
FEBRUARY 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Hormozgan province, two prisoners were
FEBRUARY 6, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE IRANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three Iranians were sentenced to death at a High Court in Malaysia today for trafficking a total of 2.324
FEBRUARY 5, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN WHO SURVIVED EXECUTION GETS LIFE SENTENCE
an Iranian man who revived in the morgue after being hanged was sentenced to life imprisonment, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.