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
JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR PORN VIDEO MAKERS
Iran's parliament voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in
JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. DEATH PENALTY REQUEST BY NOBEL LAUREATE ATTORNEY SPARKS CRITICISM
The news that a young man has been executed in Tehran for raping and killing a woman has been met with
- JUNE 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Golamhossein...
a man, identified as Golamhossein...
- JUNE 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the southern city of Kazeroun, the governmental Iran
- JUNE 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the northern province of Golestan, the official IRNA news agency reported.
- JUNE 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Arbabi was hanged in a prison in the town of Iranshahr...
Ali Arbabi was hanged in a prison in the town of Iranshahr...
- JUNE 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
five men were hanged in Iran for Hooliganism.
five men were hanged in Iran for Hooliganism.
- JUNE 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Mohamad Jaberi...
a political prisoner, Mohamad Jaberi...
- MAY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, identified only as Massoomeh...
a woman, identified only as Massoomeh...
MAY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CHILD RAPISTS PUBLICLY HANGED
Iran publicly hanged two men convicted of raping and murdering young girls in the northern Mazandaran province
- MAY 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ Fars news agency reported the hanging...
the mullahs’ Fars news agency reported the hanging...
- MAY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR 'TERRORISM'
Iran hanged a member of a "terrorist" group in a restive border province...