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
- JULY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
- JULY 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ADULTERER STONED TO DEATH
a man convicted of adultery was stoned to death in a village in northwestern Iran, the first time judiciary has confirmed such an execution in five years.
- JULY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO HANG POLITICAL PRISONER ON JULY 4
the death sentence of Khaled Hardani, a political prisoner since 2000, was reaffirmed on May 31, 2007.
- JULY 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mostafa Sh...
a man, identified only as Mostafa Sh...
- JUNE 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
71 KIDS ON DEATH ROW IN IRAN
Amnesty International appealed to Iran to stop executing children and those who committed their crimes
- JUNE 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed a man, ISNA reported.
Iran executed a man, ISNA reported.
- JUNE 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTIONS OF MINORS HAS 'PRACTICALLY STOPPED'
The execution of people under the age of 18 has "practically stopped" in Iran and the government is
- JUNE 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the western city of Khorramabad,
- JUNE 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the town of Karaj...
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN LEADS THE WORLD IN EXECUTING CHILDREN
Iran should immediately suspend the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged a convicted drug trafficker in public in the southern city of Shiraz in Fars province, a newspaper reported.
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN STAYS EXECUTION BY STONING
Iranian authorities have halted the planned stoning to death of a man and woman convicted of adultery following international protests.