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
- JANUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SET TO EXECUTE TWO BY STONING
Iran is set to execute two men, identified as Ayub and Mosleh, 20 and 21 years old, by stoning in the city of Piranshahr in the province of Kurdistan.
JANUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran has hanged a drug smuggler in the southern city of Zarand in Kerman province
JANUARY 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NO CHANGE IN ASHTIANI CASE, SAYS JUDICIARY
The Iranian judiciary said there have been no changes in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi
- JANUARY 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SUSPENDS SENTENCE TO HANG WOMAN IN STONING CASE
Iran has suspended a sentence to hang a woman at the center of a global outcry about
- JANUARY 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
RIGHTS GROUP DECRIES 'EXECUTION BINGE' IN IRAN
Iranian authorities unleashed an "execution binge" with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of 2011...
JANUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER EXECUTED
one Kurdish political prisoner was executed in the prison of Oroumieh, in Iran.
- JANUARY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster
- JANUARY 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
one man was hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
JANUARY 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN MEN EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
seven men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning. According to the Iranian news agency Aftab, the seven men were convicted of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
TEENAGE IRANIAN FACES EXECUTION OVER WITHDRAWN SODOMY 'CONFESSION'
a 19-year-old Iranian is facing execution on charges of attempted sodomy – even though the allegation was withdrawn by the accuser, according to reports. Ehsan was 17 when he was arrested.
- JANUARY 9, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN'S COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DETAINED MAN - WEBSITE
the 36th branch of the Tehran Court of Appeals presided over by Hojjat...
JANUARY 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED IN ISFAHAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four men were hanged in the prison of central Iranian city of Isfahan, early today