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
- JANUARY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man, Baqer Sajadi, 36, convicted of murdering two people has been publicly hanged in Natanz according to newspaper reports.
- JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR IRANIAN ARABS EXECUTED
Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of taking part in deadly bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz in 2005.
- JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR EXTRA MARITAL SEXUAL RELATIONS
Ameneh Salam, a 21 year old Kurdish woman
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Delara Darabi, a 20-year-old Iranian woman sentenced to death on charges she killed a cousin when she was 17, tried to kill herself at Tehran's Evin prison. Her mother told Tehran daily Etemad that her daughter is clinically depressed and only weighs 35 k
- JANUARY 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners, identified only as M.H. and S.S., were hanged in Ahwaz...
two prisoners, identified only as M.H. and S.S., were hanged in Ahwaz...
- JANUARY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN HANGED FOR DECADES-OLD MURDER
An Iranian convicted of murdering his brother and sister-in-law as well as their two children 27 years ago was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the government newspaper Iran reported.
- JANUARY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man, identified only as Arash, 20, was hanged...
a young man, identified only as Arash, 20, was hanged...
- JANUARY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mahmoud T., 33...
a man, identified only as Mahmoud T., 33...
- JANUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN COURT DROPS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TEEN
an Iranian court dropped a death sentence against a teenager convicted of stabbing to death one of three men who
- JANUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...