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 6, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXTENDS ENFORCEMENT OF ISLAMIC PENAL CODE, INCLUDING STONING
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad extended for another year enforcement of the Islamic Penal
- FEBRUARY 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan
an Iranian court in Fars province sentenced a teenage boy Ashkan Miri to death by hanging
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SURGE IN EXECUTIONS
Iranian opposition leaders condemned the growing number of executions in Iran. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi expressed grave alarm over the "rushed execution of death penalties in the country without adherence to appropriate and legal procedures.
FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTIONS THREE TIMES LAST YEAR'S RATE –U.N.
Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations
FEBRUARY 1, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: IRANIAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Abdul Rahim Uda sentenced iranian taxi driver Alihosseinzadeh
- JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONDEMNS IRAN'S HANGING OF DUTCH-IRANIAN WOMAN
the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned Iran's hanging of Dutch-Iranian citizen Sahra Bahrami, 46, for cocaine smuggling.
JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
the spokesman for the Iranian judicial branch announced that a person convicted of
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PERSON EXECUTED, PAIR CONDEMNED TO DEATH
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general
JANUARY 29, 2011NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS IRANIAN-DUTCH WOMAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an Iranian-Dutch woman, Zahra Bahrami, arrested after taking part in anti-government
JANUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 11 MORE HANGINGS
Eleven people have been executed recently in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.