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
- JULY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling...
Iran executed six drug traffickers convicted of smuggling several tonnes of opium and morphine
- JULY 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced...
A 23-year old man identified as Hassan was sentenced to death in Tehran for murdering Manuchehr M
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Soussan Hajirian, 42, who had been convicted of murdering her ex-husband after he beat the couple's children
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting...
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting 13 girls (aged 4 to 9) over a period of 7 years (1989-1996), was hanged in Ghasr prison, Tehran
- JUNE 19, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abdollah Rasouli, 31, convicted of killing his pregnant...
Abdollah Rasouli, 31, convicted of killing his pregnant wife on January 23, 2000 was sentenced to death
- JUNE 15, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman,...
Molla Nasrollahi, Ali Rad, 27, Abbas Dasht-Peyman, 22, and M
- JUNE 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Keyvan Najafi, convicted of murdering Hossein Soleimani,...
Keyvan Najafi, convicted of murdering Hossein Soleimani, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei...
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei in Autumn 1999, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place...
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place in 1994, was executed in public in the village of Shaam Asbi (near Ardebil)
- JUNE 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death,...
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death, and Batoul Ahmadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and 15 years for killing Batoul's husband, Javad Ahmadi
- MAY 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was...
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was executed on the Garmseer bridge in public in the town of Taft
- MAY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of...
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of hijacking a passenger plane to Iraq in 1993, was sentenced to death