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
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's...
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's head after suspecting she had been raped by her uncle, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court for the first time granted the family...
An Iranian court for the first time granted the family of a murdered Christian man the same "blood money", or compensation, as that of a Muslim, the official news agency IRNA reported
- AUGUST 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after...
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after being convicted of murder in separate cases
- AUGUST 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of blackmailing and killing two men...
A man convicted of blackmailing and killing two men was hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison
- AUGUST 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
- AUGUST 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
- AUGUST 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran
Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran
- AUGUST 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old, Milad B
A 17-year-old, Milad B
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of...
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of a university professor who claimed that Islamic fundamentalism had taken hold of the country's ruling elite
- AUGUST 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah...
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, has sought the death penalty for a pro-reform journalist who allegedly insulted Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in a speech in the western city of Hamedan
- AUGUST 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran