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
- MARCH 27, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ANOTHER JUVENILE TO BE EXECUTED
Amnesty International warned of the imminent execution of juvenile offender Abumoslem Sohrabi, now 24, from Firouzabad, in Fars Province in Iran.
- MARCH 25, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONSIDERING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘OFFENSIVE’ BLOGGERS
Al Jazeera’s Nazanin Sadri reported that Iran is considering a new law that would allow the death penalty for “offensive” bloggers.
MARCH 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN SIRJAN
One man was hanged last week in the prison of Sirjan (south-east Iranian province
- MARCH 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
three Iranian men were hanged in prison for murder in the southern city
three Iranian men were hanged in prison for murder in the southern city
- MARCH 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified 23 year old man found guilty of raping two teenage boys
an unidentified 23 year old man found guilty of raping two teenage boys
MARCH 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
Four people were executed by hanging in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz
- MARCH 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the prison of Sari (northern Iran), reported the official site of
MARCH 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged four convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the eastern town of Tabas,
- MARCH 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE EXECUTED IN IRAN’S NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE – WEBSITE
Hamed Mohammadzadeh, a prisoner from Miandoab in Iran’s West Azarbayjan Province, was hanged at the central prison of Orumiyyeh, the capital of that province, on a murder charge, according to the website of Human Rights Activists in Iran [HRAI]. Mohammadz
- MARCH 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AMNESTY CAMPAIGN FOR EIGHT WOMEN AT RISK OF BEING STONED TO DEATH
as many as eight woman are at imminent risk of being stoned to death for adultery in Iran, according to reports received by Amnesty International.
MARCH 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE EXECUTED FOR MURDER, KIDNAPPING
Five prisoners were hanged in Iran for murder and kidnapping, state-run media reports
- MARCH 8, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a jeweller was hanged in the western province of Kermanshah, state-