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
MAY 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED
a young man was hanged in public in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, accused of armed robbery and disturbing the peace.
- MAY 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of four accused of murder...
the death sentence of four accused of murder...
- MAY 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran's 71st criminal branch sentenced four people to death. No further details were given
Tehran's 71st criminal branch sentenced four people to death. No further details were given
MAY 22, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED PUBLICLY
Rahmatollah Ghanbarzehi Gorgich, an Iranian man convicted of raping a female student, was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan, in the Sistan-Baluchestan province.
- MAY 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUDICIARY DENIES STONING VERDICT FOR LOVER'S MURDERESS
judiciary denied newspaper reports that a mother of two who strangled her lover had been sentenced to death by stoning, saying sentence had yet to be passed in the case.
- MAY 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Hossein Gholi, was sentenced to death in Tehran
a man, identified as Hossein Gholi, was sentenced to death in Tehran
MAY 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE CONVICTED MURDERERS PUBLICLY HANGED
it was reported that three Iranian men convicted of raping and murdering a young boy were publicly hanged in Susangerd, a town in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
MAY 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in prison in the Caspian Sea town of Noshahr, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported.
- MAY 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdolrabi, 41, was sentenced to death in Iran
Abdolrabi, 41, was sentenced to death in Iran
- MAY 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the Head of the Judiciary ordered the local judiciary in Mashhad not to proceed...
the Head of the Judiciary ordered the local judiciary in Mashhad not to proceed with the Abbas Hosseini’s execution, and referred his case to the judiciary in Tehran for review.
- MAY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a statement issued by the Komele Organization,
according to a statement issued by the Komele Organization,
MAY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FIVE CONVICTED MURDERERS HANGED
five men convicted of murder or armed robbery were hanged in Iran, one of them publicly in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and four others in a prison in the capital, officials said.