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 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
- JANUARY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the...
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the north-eastern Iranian town of Ghonabad, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported
- JANUARY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
- JANUARY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old...
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old woman, Kobra Rahmanpour, who had been in jail for four years, was suddenly taken to the death-row section of Evin Prison at midnight on 30 December 2003 and was told that she would be hanged in a few
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State...
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State Security Forces headquarters in the northern city of Tonekabon in front of 2,000 local residents
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in...
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in the south-western province of Khuzistan in Iran said, "The judiciary is taking decisive action on a large front and plans are afoot to carry out executions in public more decisively than we did in the pa
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution
- DECEMBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money...
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money for Muslims and non-Muslim nationals was cheerfully acclaimed by the country's religious minorities
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill...
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill on equal "blood-money", or diyeh, for Muslim and non-Muslim Iranian nationals
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of...
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of Iranian Resistance, political front of the armed opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO], said that the Iraqi Governing Council's decision to expel MKO members from Iraqi territory is "illegitimat
- DECEMBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, in which the Assembly expressed its serious concern at the continuing violations of human rights in Iran, the continued deterioration of the situation with regard to freed
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term...
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over"