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
- OCTOBER 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran arrested a prominent rights activist who has campaigned against the death penalty on charges...
Iran arrested a prominent rights activist who has campaigned against the death penalty on charges...
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN IRANIAN KURDISTAN
two Iranians, Kiumars and Nader Mohammadi have been hanged in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province, authorities announced.
OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EXECUTIONS REACH 265 DEATHS IN A YEAR
Iran has executed 265 people in the past twelve months in a dramatic increase
OCTOBER 8, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN WANTS TO TRANSFER 16 AFGHAN CHILDREN SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION IN IRAN
the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that 16
- OCTOBER 4, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. PAPER FEARS CHILD DRUG SMUGGLERS FACE HANGING IN IRAN
16 Afghan children were arrested by Iranian border forces on the Islam Qala-
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abolfazl F., 33...
a man, identified only as Abolfazl F., 33...
OCTOBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER, SODOMY AND OTHER CRIMES
a man, identified as Shanuz Morovati, was hanged in a public square in Iran after
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THE JUDICIARY ADVISOR DEFENDS THE PUNISHMENT OF STONING TO DEATH
Mohammad-Javad Larijani, the mullahs’ Judiciary Chief Advisor and an ideologue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE OF 12 WOMEN
Iran hanged three men in public for raping and robbing twelve young women, most of them university
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYUN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL: IRAN SHOULD STOP EXECUTING CHILDREN
Iran should immediately halt the execution of children, the
SEPTEMBER 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRANIAN COURT SENTENCES TWO TEENAGERS TO DEATH FOR RAPE
an Iranian court sentenced two teenagers to death on the charges of rape
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN AHWAZ
in Iran, the Mullahs' regime executed three prisoners in