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
JUNE 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAIL ABUSE CASE
An Iranian military court sentenced two men to death in connection with the killings of three anti-government protesters, the state news agency said.
JUNE 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
An Iranian woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning. Sakineh Mohamamadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, was accused of having extramarital relations with two men who ended up kill
- JUNE 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FEMALE POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, faces imminent execution.
- JUNE 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: APPEAL TO SAVE MOTHER FROM EXECUTION
the children of a woman convicted of having sex with two men who murdered her husband and sentenced to death by stoning have appealed to save her life.
- JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a man identified as Jamshid, 48, was hanged in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan for raping a
JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ABDOLMALEK RIGI HANGED IN TEHRAN
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Abdolmalek Rigi, the former leader of the armed Baluchi group Jondollah, was hanged.
- JUNE 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
FEAR FOR IRANIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH BY STONING
women's rights activist Soheila Vahdati told Radio Farda that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's execution may be imminent.
JUNE 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE
JUNE 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN TO REVIEW JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
Iran agreed to review its widely condemned policy of executing juvenile criminals
- JUNE 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
One man was hanged in public in the town of Sarab, northwest Iran. According to the
- JUNE 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported four people were hanged.
the Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported four people were hanged.
- JUNE 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported.
a man was hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, Iranian government’s newspaper ‘Iran’ reported.