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 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as...
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as Kianoush, were hanged in Qasr prison, Tehran, on charges of murder
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud F
Mahmoud F
- MAY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for...
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug smuggling
- MAY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known...
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known as Soudabeh, was handed two death sentences for killing a 70 year old man, to whom she was "temporarily wed" and his 12 year old grandson
- MAY 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to...
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to death, and 74 lashings, for murdering a man in the course of an armed robbery
- MAY 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death...
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death for killing his brother in law in Khavaran, near Tehran
- APRIL 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the commutation of death sentences against Mehrdad Sohrabi, Ahmad Batebi, Abbas Deldar and Akbar Mohammadi for their part in the student demonstrations in capital Tehran, in July 1999
- APRIL 27, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced...
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced to death and 91 lashes for killing Faryad-Shiran's husband
- APRIL 19, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad...
Reza Zohrevand, 21, was publicly hanged in Khorramabad for murder
- APRIL 18, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- APRIL 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed...
The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on Abolfazl Allahgholi, 28
- APRIL 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Heidari, 21, Qassem Hosseini,19, Mohammadreza...
Saeed Heidari, 21, Qassem Hosseini,19, Mohammadreza Ebrahimi, Habibollah Eidmorad and Jalil Pourjalai were executed by hanging in Qasr prison, Tehran, on unrelated charges of murder