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 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, condemned...
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, condemned to death for blasphemy after questioning the power of the clergy, was to have his case re-examined after February's parliamentary elections, a judiciary official said
- JANUARY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of youngsters were dancing in Hamedam’s Eram Boulevard
a number of youngsters were dancing in Hamedam’s Eram Boulevard
- JANUARY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
University authorities told students of the Imam Sadeq
University authorities told students of the Imam Sadeq
- JANUARY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of...
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of murdering the father of his would-be bride after he failed to get family permission for the wedding, was hanged in Tehran
- JANUARY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known...
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known as "the Black Vulture" was hanged in public in Edalat [Justice] Square in Mashhad, Iran, after his sentence was upheld by the State Supreme Court
- JANUARY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kheydan Gholamipur, convicted of killing eight Iranian...
Kheydan Gholamipur, convicted of killing eight Iranian pilgrims to the holy sites in Iraq on 13 September 2003, was hanged in Koran Square in Ilam, Iran, in the presence of the families of the victims
- JANUARY 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square...
Abdollah Deilami was hanged at Chaharshir Falakeh Square in the city of Ahwaz, Iran, before hundreds of residents
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem...
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem would be hanged imminently in the city of Behbahan, Iran
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
- JANUARY 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner...
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner in Tehran's Qasr Prison, identified as Hamid Reza, was hanged at dawn
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song