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
- AUGUST 31, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner was hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz, Iran. He was 36 year old
A prisoner was hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz, Iran. He was 36 year old
AUGUST 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST IRANIAN-CANADIAN BLOGGER CONVERTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The lawyer of a man convicted of building and promoting pornographic websites said a death
AUGUST 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 24 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN A WEEK, 17 FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES
Between 20 and 26 August 2013, Iran executed at least twenty-four people,
AUGUST 24, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. ONE EXECUTION FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
One man charged of drug smuggling was hanged in the Iranian Ahvaz city prison of the Khuzestan province, Mehr news agency reported.
- AUGUST 22, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
At least twenty-five people were hanged in five different Iranian cities. According to state
At least twenty-five people were hanged in five different Iranian cities. According to state
- AUGUST 21, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
A young man identified only as Y. was hanged in the prison of Mashhad, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Khorrasan. He was convicted
A young man identified only as Y. was hanged in the prison of Mashhad, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Khorrasan. He was convicted
AUGUST 21, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO EXECUTIONS IN PUBLIC
two prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian cities today, reported the Iranian state media. One prisoner identified as "Abdolhamid S." also known as "Mehdi" was hanged in public in the city of Jahrom (southern Iran).
- AUGUST 20, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
A prisoner identified as M. was hanged in the prison of Mashhad, reported the
A prisoner identified as M. was hanged in the prison of Mashhad, reported the
AUGUST 20, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EXECUTED FOR A CRIME COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS TWELWE
The Iranian regime's henchmen have hanged a 18-year old boy in the western city of Kermanshah for alleged crime committed when he was 12.
- AUGUST 20, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTED FOR A CRIME COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS TWELWE
On 20 August 2013, the Iranian regime hanged a 18-year old boy in the
- AUGUST 18, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AND MAN SENTENCED TO BE STONED
the Iranian regime’s highest judiciary authority has confirmed the sentence of stoning to death for a woman and a man, according to reports from inside Iran.
AUGUST 18, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS
Three prisoners were hanged publicly in Karaj (west of Tehran). According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA three young men identified as Meraj T., Ali A. and Milad P. (ages 20-24 years) were hanged at three different spots of the city.