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
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN PEOPLE EXECUTED
ten people have been executed in Iran in the last two days.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shahroud in Semnan province (north of Iran)
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shahroud in Semnan province (north of Iran)
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
six people have been hanged recently in Iran for drug trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Meshgin shahr (in the northwest Iranian province of
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Meshgin shahr (in the northwest Iranian province of
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranians were executed for the possession and sale of four kilograms of heroin
two Iranians were executed for the possession and sale of four kilograms of heroin
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Oroumieh (northwestern Iran) reported
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Oroumieh (northwestern Iran) reported
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeast of Iran, according to the state-run Iranian
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS SIX CONVICTS IN PRISON
according to the reports from Iran, six people were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz (southwest of Iran) early in the morning.
AUGUST 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SCIENTIST’S KILLER
in Iran, Majid Jamali-Fashi was sentenced to death for murdering scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January 2010 on behalf of Israel to stop Iran developing nuclear technology, official news agency IRNA reported.
- AUGUST 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
another Japanese crane manufacturer, UNIC, announced
another Japanese crane manufacturer, UNIC, announced
- AUGUST 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ACID VICTIM SPARES ATTACKER FROM SAME FATE
Iranian woman Ameneh Bahrami, who was blinded and disfigured by Majid Movahedi who threw acid into her face in 2004, pardonned him at the last minute.
- AUGUST 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCED FOUR TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a court in Khomeini Shahr, in Iran's Isfahan province, sentenced four men to death for gang rape, ISNA reported. In late May, 14 men allegedly crashed a party in the city of Khomeini Shahr, locked all the men in a room, and raped the women attending the p