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
- MARCH 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Hossein Haj Mohamadi...
a man, identified as Hossein Haj Mohamadi...
- MARCH 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO IRANIAN ASSASSINS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Majid Kavousifar and his accomplice Hossein Kavousifar...
- MARCH 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR
Ahmad Sariz was executed in public, in the Iranian city of Zahedan, near the Pakistani and Afghan borders, the daily Kayhan reported.
- MARCH 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men convicted of armed drug smuggling were publicly hanged in the town...
MARCH 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran executed five men convicted of murder, the semi-official
FEBRUARY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR CHILD RAPE AND MURDER
a young man convicted of child rape and murder was hanged in a prison in the northern Iranian
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CHILD RAPIST HANGED IN PUBLIC
a young man convicted of child rape was publicly hanged in Iran's central clerical capital of Qom, the
FEBRUARY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS MAN ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN RECENT BOMBING
Iranian authorities in the restive province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-eastern Iran, hanged a man in public for his alleged role in last
FEBRUARY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS WOMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of a 20 year old woman identified as Darabi,
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
FEBRUARY 15, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE. IRANIAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SMUGGLING 282KG OF HASHISH
a 45 year old Iranian man, identified as Jamshid T., was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates by
- FEBRUARY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...