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 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
- MAY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy...
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy against university professor and dissident Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
- APRIL 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use...
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use of torture which human rights groups said the Islamic Republic's security organisations routinely used to extract confessions
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
- APRIL 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of girls were arrested en masse
a number of girls were arrested en masse
- APRIL 18, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
- APRIL 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN...
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN Human Rights Commission's failure to condemn the Islamic Republic during its 60th session
- APRIL 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said...
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said six of its members were executed in Iran's prisons
- APRIL 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man was sentenced to flogging
a young man was sentenced to flogging