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
MAY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Ravar in Kerman province, the governmental Iran newspaper reported.
MAY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. A WOMAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
a 30 year old women identified as Zahra Nazari was hanged in the main prison of Iran's southern city of
MAY 5, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Roodan in Hormozgan province, according to the student ISNA news agency.
- MAY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
- APRIL 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PORNOGRAPHY PRODUCERS TO GET DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW LAW
the culture committee of the Iranian parliament approved a bill sentencing to death
- APRIL 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN THREE INDIVIDUALS EXECUTED IN TEHRAN ON SECURITY CHARGES
three individuals were executed in Tehran, Iran, having been sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
- APRIL 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in southern Hormozgan province...
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Iran, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran's main prison.
- APRIL 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Fars news agency reported that two unnamed men were execuated in Iran
Fars news agency reported that two unnamed men were execuated in Iran
- APRIL 23, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in northwestern East Azarbaijan province, the official IRNA news agency reported.
- APRIL 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Syed Mohammad Reza Mousavi Shirazi, 20...
Syed Mohammad Reza Mousavi Shirazi, 20...