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
- OCTOBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES IRAN TO RESCIND FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election.
OCTOBER 6, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN AHWAZI ARABS FACING EXECUTION
Seven Ahwazi Arab opposition activists have been sentenced to death in secret trials in Iran's Revolutionary
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTION POSTPONEMENT MOVE WELCOMED
Amnesty International welcomed the postponement by Iranian authorities of the execution of Abbas Hosseini, an Afghan national, for a murder committed when he was 17 years old.
OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY AND HOMOSEXUALITY
a man was hanged for adultery and homosexuality, human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei reported.
OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PROTESTER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a man identified as Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani learnt from the Iranian authorities that he had been
OCTOBER 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN FREES TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
an Iranian man and woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning were freed on appeal,
- OCTOBER 3, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IRAN MOVES TO EXECUTE MAN FOR CRIME COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS 17
Amnesty International warned of the imminent execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Mashhad, north-eastern Iran, for a murder committed in 2003 when he was 17.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Five people were hanged in the prison of Taybad, north-east of Iran reported the official news site of the Iranian police.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDER
One woman was hanged in the prison of Sarakhs, north-east Iran, reported the state run Iranian news
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
EU ASKS IRAN TO HALT PLANNED EXECUTION OF MINORS
the European Union urged Iran to honour its international commitments and halt three imminent executions of people who committed crimes as minors.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 2 MEN ON MURDER CHARGE
two men, were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison, the Iranian state run news agency Iscanews reported.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS EXECUTION OF SEVEN PEOPLE
Iran's stayed the executions of seven people, including a man who was sentenced for a murder committed when he was a minor.