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
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
Ali Fesahat, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central province of Yazd, for murdering 22-year-old Ahmad Kheyrandish.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
the European Commission shares in the concern on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly with regards to the death penalty, but does not indent to interrupt the politics of constructive dialogue with the regime.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR TEENAGE CRIME
a young man was hanged in public in the southern town of Kazeroun, in Fars Province, for a crime he had committed when he was a minor.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO HANG 19-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
a young Iranian mother was sentenced to execution in the town of Langaroud, northern Iran, the semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami reported.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran daily reported that death sentences were issued for three persons
Iran daily reported that death sentences were issued for three persons
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young woman, to death.
a Tehran penal court sentenced, a young woman, to death.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH ACTIVIST HANGED IN PRISON
Mohammad Panj-Bini and Esmail Mohammadi, twoiranian Kurdish activists, were hanged in a prison in the town of Orumieh, northwest Iran, for their opposition to the Iranian regime, opposition websites reported.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES MAN TO EXECUTION, WOMAN TO FLOGGING AND JAIL
a court in Iran sentenced a woman to 100 lashes and 15 years jail time and an Afghan man to execution on charges of murder, Persian-language websites reported.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ISMAYIL MUHEMEDI EXECUTED BY THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES
the Iranian authorities’ executed the Kurdish political prisoner Ismayil Muhemedi, his brother was reported as telling local media.
- AUGUST 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- AUGUST 29, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SHAHROUDI CALLS FOR SPEEDY EXECUTION OF CRIMINALS
the head of Iran’s Judiciary called harsh and speedy punishments for individuals convicted of a variety of organised crimes, many of which carry the death penalty.
- AUGUST 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION PLEA OVER IRAN YOUTHS
Amnesty International called on Iran to halt the execution of two teenagers following their convictions for murder.