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 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Mohamad Jaberi...
a political prisoner, Mohamad Jaberi...
- MAY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CHILD RAPISTS PUBLICLY HANGED
Iran publicly hanged two men convicted of raping and murdering young girls in the northern Mazandaran province
- MAY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, identified only as Massoomeh...
a woman, identified only as Massoomeh...
- MAY 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ Fars news agency reported the hanging...
the mullahs’ Fars news agency reported the hanging...
- MAY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR 'TERRORISM'
Iran hanged a member of a "terrorist" group in a restive border province...
- MAY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the southern Fars province.
- MAY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four men convicted of smuggling 600 kilos of opium were hanged in the town of Birjand...
- MAY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Sa`id Qanbar Zahi was executed in prison in the city of Zahedan.
Sa`id Qanbar Zahi was executed in prison in the city of Zahedan.
- MAY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Mohamad Ali Jafarzadeh...
a political prisoner, Mohamad Ali Jafarzadeh...
- MAY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
DECLARATION BY THE PRESIDENCY ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES IN IRAN
The European Union is deeply concerned by recent developments in the human rights situation in Iran. The
- MAY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man in Shiraz...
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man in Shiraz...
- MAY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southeastern...
a man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southeastern...