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 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
Three men were hanged in the prison of Birjand in eastern Iran, reported the daily enwspaper Khorasan
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Five men were hanged in the prison of Kerman
Five men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeastern Iran, reported the state run Iranian news
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
Sistan-Baluchestan Province Prosecutor Mohammad Marziye denied...
Sistan-Baluchestan Province Prosecutor Mohammad Marziye denied...
FEBRUARY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUNDULLAH' LEADERS' BROTHER EXECUTED
Iran executed Jundullah terrorist organisation leader Abdolmalek Rigi's brother
FEBRUARY 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DISSIDENTS - 'GOVERNMENT KILLS TO INSTILL FEAR'
according to the International Network Iran Human Rights 2009 Report there were 402 executions
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
FEBRUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in two different Iranian cities for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PEJAK TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
five people were executed in the Iranian city of Urmia for assisting terrorist organisation PEJAK
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 21-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran sentenced political prisoner, Amir Reza Aarefi, 21, to death on the charge of “mohareb” (enemy of God). Aarefi was arrested in April 2009 and was in prison during the presidential election...
FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TIES TO MONARCHIST GROUP
An Iranian court sentenced Amir-Reza Arefi to death for ties to an illegal group called the Iranian
FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN REJECTS U.N. CALL TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
Iran rejected calls to release all political prisoners and accept an international inquiry
FEBRUARY 15, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY TO UN ON IRAN EXECUTING MINORS
Italy voiced "serious concern" to the United Nations over Iran's "systematic" use of capital