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 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE...
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE after being convicted of smuggling 20
- OCTOBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
death sentences have been issued for two people
death sentences have been issued for two people
- OCTOBER 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee...
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee of the NCRI urged all international human rights and women's rights bodies to act immediately to prevent the execution of Fatemeh Haqiqatjou who is going to be hanged in the coming days. Fatemeh was sent
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four was hanged publicly in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly hanged in the southern city of Ahwaz
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering...
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering and chopping up her drug addict husband who allegedly tried to rape her daughter
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran)...
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran) National Council of Resistance of Iran reported
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
- OCTOBER 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised...
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised crime gang were hanged in the northern province of Mazandaran
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry and drug trafficking was hanged in public in the central city of Isfahan, the local judiciary said