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 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
a man whose death sentence had been upheld by the Supreme Court was hanged
- JUNE 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, Monireh Ghasempour, was hanged in public in Tehran
a woman, Monireh Ghasempour, was hanged in public in Tehran
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion...
Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion were hanged publicly in the western city of Khoramabad, the conservative Jaam-e Jam newspaper reported
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition...
Iran had stepped up its suppression of political opposition with an intense campaign of torture and arbitrary arrests, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released
- JUNE 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
five members of the Islamic Society of the University of Ferdowsi
- JUNE 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
For the second time the Supreme Court voided the hanging...
For the second time the Supreme Court voided the hanging sentences issued to six members of the Basij, a militant Islamic group of the Iranian regime, thought to be responsible for the murder of five people they had accused of committing "immoral" acts
- JUNE 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
twenty-four men as well as 14 women who had participated in a night party in Mashad were arrested
twenty-four men as well as 14 women who had participated in a night party in Mashad were arrested
- JUNE 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Foulad Amoli, head of Mazandaran's judiciary...
Mohammad Reza Foulad Amoli, head of Mazandaran's judiciary...
- MAY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court decided to quash a death sentence...
Iran's Supreme Court decided to quash a death sentence on dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari and would announce the decision shortly, the Iranian student news agency ISNA reported
- MAY 30, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
agents arrested 32 men and women at a birthday party.
agents arrested 32 men and women at a birthday party.
- MAY 30, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the decree issued by...
according to the decree issued by...
- MAY 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian judiciary had started to take steps to...
The Iranian judiciary had started to take steps to quash the death sentence re-imposed on dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, following orders from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the official IRNA news agency reported