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 3, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman...
A man was hanged in the south-eastern city of Kerman for murdering his ex-wife after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence issued by a lower court
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali...
The daily Iranian newspaper Qods reported that Ali Taqizadeh, a 70-year-old man, was executed by hanging in the holy city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy...
The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI) wrote a letter to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly, in which they criticised President Khatami
- AUGUST 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of...
Hamid Heydari was sentenced to death by Branch 12 of the Public Court in Shahr-e Rey for the murder of a member of the Basij Resistance Force
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj...
Three men were hanged in Rejaii Shahr prison in Karaj on charges of armed robbery
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence...
Abdol-Hossein Mobaraki, 28, received a death sentence on charges of stabbing to death Abbas Shoja-Khah, 55, whilst committing a burglary in the victim's apartment
- AUGUST 20, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences...
A man identified as Mohammad received two death sentences for murdering his sister and nephew in Autumn, 1999
- AUGUST 12, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari...
Kiumars Hatami, Saeed Yusef-Beigi and Parviz Safari were reported to have been executed by hanging by the local newspaper Jaam-e Jam
- JULY 29, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for...
A man identified as Abbas, was sentenced to death for stabbing Amir Fazli-nejad to death in March, 2000
- JULY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old...
Majid Afshari, 20, convicted of stabbing an 18-year-old friend to death and Seyed Ismail-Zendeh and his wife Ayda Shafiie, convicted of double murder, were executed by hanging in Tehran prison
- JULY 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammadreza Rowshan received 3 death sentences after...
Mohammadreza Rowshan received 3 death sentences after he was found guilty of killing three policemen, Ali Kiani, Alibaba Khosravi and Hamid Derafshi
- JULY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Maryam Ayubi, 30, was found guilty of adultery with...
Maryam Ayubi, 30, was found guilty of adultery with her lover, Hossein Asna-Ashari, and of complicity in the murder of her husband