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
- JULY 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Tehran was sentenced to death.
a man in Tehran was sentenced to death.
- JULY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The retrial of Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari opened...
The retrial of Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari opened in Tehran, with the hardline judiciary allowing a public hearing and all charges that could lead to the death penalty dropped
- JUNE 30, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies,...
Three Iraqi Kurds convicted over a spate of armed robberies, extortion and rape were hanged publicly in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, Qods newspaper reported
- JUNE 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, Diba Zomorodian, a microbiology student, was hanged in Qazvin
a woman, Diba Zomorodian, a microbiology student, was hanged in Qazvin
- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against...
Iran's hard-line judiciary dropped all charges against dissident academic Hashem Aghajari that could lead to the death penalty, finally backing down in an affair that has sparked widespread protests
- JUNE 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death
a man was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
a young man 17 years old named Mojtaba was sentenced to death
- JUNE 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
a young man 22 years old named Aziz was sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham...
It was reported that prominent Iranian dissident Hasham Aghajari might be released from prison on bail while awaiting the latest review of his death sentence for apostasy, recently quashed by the Supreme Court, the tribunal's chief justice said
- JUNE 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
following a quarrel between two men, the head of Ahwaz prisons
- JUNE 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judicial system of the Islamic regime issued death sentences for three people
the judicial system of the Islamic regime issued death sentences for three people
- JUNE 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its...
Iran angrily rejected European Union criticism of its human rights record and said the 25-nation bloc had much to learn from the Islamic Republic about respecting rights