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 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central...
Farhad was hanged in public in the ancient central Iranian city of Isfahan
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public...
Rahim Amiri, an Afghan national, was hanged in public in Semnan, Iran
- MAY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
- MAY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly...
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly hanged in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran
- MAY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution...
The Khorasan daily announced the upcoming execution of Ghorban M
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing...
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing show of defiance - by planting a kiss on the rope he was about to swing from
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in...
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in Iran
- MAY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man...
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man was to be hanged in public the following week in Ghale Hassan
- MAY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
- MAY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were...
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were to be hanged in Tehran the following week, including Ali Goosh Shekastah
- MAY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A