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 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ABDUCTION, RAPE
a man found guilty of snatching and raping scores of young girls with the help of his wife was hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
JULY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in the western city of Boroujerd in Lorestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- JULY 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted on two counts of raping minors has been hanged in the northern city of Shahrud.
JULY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in the southern city of Kerman, reports said.
JULY 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO 10 TIMES EXECUTION
a court in southern Iran has sentenced a man to ten times execution, the official news agency reported.
- JULY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Tala, 23, has been sentenced...
Hassan Tala, 23, has been sentenced...
- JULY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ARMED ROBBER HANGED PUBLICLY
an Iranian man convicted of repeated armed robbery and kidnapping has been hanged in a village near the southern city of Shiraz, AFP reported.
- JULY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abdolhossein...
a man, identified only as Abdolhossein...
- JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS
the mullahs' regime has sentenced a woman, Ashraf Kalhori, to death by stoning, according to reports received.
JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
- JUNE 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz