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
MAY 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged a man in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan after convicting him of rape, the Fars news agency reported. The report identified the man sent to the gallows as Jamshid Mir.
MAY 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FILMMAKER JAFAR PANAHI RELEASED
Iran released an internationally renowned filmmaker and opposition supporter on bail after more than two months in custody, state TV reported.
MAY 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS FOUR CONVICTED DRUG SMUGGLERS
four people were hanged in the prison of Yazd after
- MAY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
five people, including one woman, were hanged in the prison
five people, including one woman, were hanged in the prison
MAY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ABDOLHAMID RIGI HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Iran executed a brother of the detained leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group behind the deadliest bomb attack in the Islamic Republic in years, official media reported.
MAY 23, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN AHWAZ FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a man was hanged in the Iranian province of Khuzestan for drug trafficking.
MAY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man identified only as Mohammad in the central province of Isfahan
MAY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the western city of Ahvaz, Fars news agency reported. The man was identified by his initials as A.A., he was arrested with 1.375 kilos of heroin.
- MAY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed two men for drug trafficking in Isfahan Central Prison, FARS
MAY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: STUDENT’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR THROWING ROCKS REVERSED
in Iran, Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, announced that the death sentence
MAY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS
The death sentence for six opposition activists arrested in protests after last year's
- MAY 12, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
EU: IRAN URGED TO DROP DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO 'MOHAREBS'
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton pleaded with Iran to drop death sentences