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
- APRIL 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari had...
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari had his four-year jail sentence for insulting religious values dropped, but must await a review of his death sentence for blasphemy before he can hope to be released from prison, Zekrollah Ahmadi, judiciary c
- APRIL 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include:
- APRIL 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the information and public relations department...
According to the information and public relations department of the Justice Department of Iran's Khuzestan province, a man named Hadi H
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- MARCH 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
- MARCH 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
- MARCH 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
- MARCH 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
- MARCH 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Saadollah Rahimi and Dalir Mohammadi, two Iranians...
Saadollah Rahimi and Dalir Mohammadi, two Iranians convicted of kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy eight days previously, were executed by hanging in the western Kurdish town of Baneh
- MARCH 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution