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 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Khalaj was executed in the prison of Sanandaj, Iran
Ahmad Khalaj was executed in the prison of Sanandaj, Iran
- JULY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN URGED TO HALT EXECUTIONS OF JUVENILE CRIMINALS
Major human rights groups appealed to Iran to stop imposing the
- JULY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International and over 20 international...
Amnesty International and over 20 international...
JULY 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MULLAHS STATION FORCES IN PARKS TO FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN
the Head of the "Agency to Promote Virtue and Forbid Vice" of the State Security Forces of
JULY 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
a man was put to death in south eastern Iran after being found guilty of drug
JULY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER
Iran hanged three men convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the state run news agency ISCAnews reported.
JULY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR INTERNET CRIMES
Iran's parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for those deemed to promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the Internet, reports said.
- JULY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a youth in Iran is appealing a death sentence...
a youth in Iran is appealing a death sentence...
- JULY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TEENAGE MURDERER
Iran hanged a 19-year-old youth in prison in the central city of Isfahan after
- JUNE 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN MAN TO BE STONED TO DEATH DESPITE MORATORIUM
Naghi Ahmadi was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran in June, in the northern city of Sari, after he visited a married woman's home in the night while her husband was away working in another city, the Sarmayeh newspaper reported.
JUNE 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYDEATH SENTENCE FOR IRANIAN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE FOR ISRAEL
an Iranian charged with espionage for Israel was sentenced to dea
- JUNE 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man who allegedly committed a...
a young man who allegedly committed a...