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
- OCTOBER 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian daily newspaper, Qods, reported that a...
The Iranian daily newspaper, Qods, reported that a member of a gang found guilty of rape was hanged in a prison in the Iranian city of Mashhad
- OCTOBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian Sharg newspaper reported that two men found...
The Iranian Sharg newspaper reported that two men found guilty of murder were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison
- OCTOBER 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted of drug smuggling and murder were...
Five men convicted of drug smuggling and murder were publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Bam, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's judiciary moved to dispel speculation that jailed...
Iran's judiciary moved to dispel speculation that jailed dissident Hashem Aghajari had once again been sentenced to death, press reports said
- OCTOBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Houshang Rostami, an Iranian man convicted of murder,...
Houshang Rostami, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was executed in a prison in Iran's western province of Ilam
- OCTOBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city of Dortmund in support of the leader of the Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mujahedeen, under investigation in France over alleged terrorist links
- OCTOBER 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned...
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned a gang of six men to hang publicly for committing a series of murders in a bid to clean up on social vices, the Etemad newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's...
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's human rights record but stopped short from agreeing to table or co-sponsor a United Nations General Assembly resolution that would single out Iran for its human rights violations
- OCTOBER 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's...
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's human rights record but stopped short from agreeing to table or co-sponsor a United Nations General Assembly resolution that would single out Iran for its human rights violations
- OCTOBER 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called for an end to Islamic punishments in her country and their replacement by modern penalties "as in all democratic countries"
- OCTOBER 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace...
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace prize to Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi
- OCTOBER 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a...
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a 34 year old man convicted of serial raping children, to eight death sentences and 173 lashes, the judge in charge of the case said