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
- JANUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain issued the following statement as Italian...
Hands Off Cain issued the following statement as Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini's official visit to Iran came to an end on January 27th
- JANUARY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man, identified only as 25-year-old Khodamorad Kh
An Iranian man, identified only as 25-year-old Khodamorad Kh
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, who was convicted of killing...
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, who was convicted of killing a 65-year-old in 1999, when he was only 17 years of age, was hanged till death
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Qods newspaper reported that an unnamed woman was...
The Qods newspaper reported that an unnamed woman was given 80 lashes and then hanged in prison after being convicted of luring young girls and women to work in a brothel in the northern city of Qazvin
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Iran executed the famous and...
It was reported that Iran executed the famous and maverick Brigadier-General Mohamad-Mehdi Dozdoozani following a speedy trial
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
last week a man was hanged in the yard of Raja'ii prison in Karaj after receiving 99 whips
last week a man was hanged in the yard of Raja'ii prison in Karaj after receiving 99 whips
- JANUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's judicial authorities were contemplating the...
Iran's judicial authorities were contemplating the abolishment of the death penalty for political prisoners, Iranian deputy judiciary chief Mohammad Javad Larijani said in statement, adding that the measure was to make the Iranian courts less politicised
- JANUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
press reports quoted the deputy prosecutor in the western province of Ilam...
press reports quoted the deputy prosecutor in the western province of Ilam...
- JANUARY 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Swiss Federal Council and other European countries...
The Swiss Federal Council and other European countries should concede political asylum to the People's Mujahedin members living in Iraq, over whom hangs the threat of expulsion
- JANUARY 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judge in Department 1157 of Tehran's criminal court issued the death sentence for a man
the judge in Department 1157 of Tehran's criminal court issued the death sentence for a man
- JANUARY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judge in Tehran's penal court sentenced a man
the judge in Tehran's penal court sentenced a man
- JANUARY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judiciary sentenced a man to public execution in Tehran
the judiciary sentenced a man to public execution in Tehran