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
- JUNE 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 11, U
On June 11, U
- JUNE 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security...
On June 9, a statement made by the head of the security service in Shiraz Province, confirmed the arrest of 13 Jewish leaders in the city on charges of spying for Israel and the United States
- JUNE 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35...
In June, the weekly Iran reported that a man of 35 had received two death sentences for kidnappings
- MAY 18, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations,...
On May 18, according to Iranian human rights organizations, 3 men identified as Namdar, Faraj and Mojtaba were hanged in Qsar prison in Tehran
- MAY 13, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On 13 May, according to the local press, Abbas Afradeh,...
On 13 May, according to the local press, Abbas Afradeh, 18 years, was hanged from a crane in public in Bandar Abbas, accused of being a sympathizer of the Mojahedin of the Iranian People
- MAY 11, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 11, the newspaper Neshat published a statement...
On May 11, the newspaper Neshat published a statement by 325 political and cultural figures, asking the President of Iran for "the public trial of those who have masterminded, organized, planned and perpetrated these horrendous crimes," referring to the m
- MAY 6, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On May 6, according to Rahe Kargar, the organization...
On May 6, according to Rahe Kargar, the organization of the revolutionary workers of Iran, 4 men were executed in Sanandaj for drug trafficking
- APRIL 21, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 21, Hojatoleslam Kadivar, a supporter of Ayatollah...
On April 21, Hojatoleslam Kadivar, a supporter of Ayatollah Montazeri, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment
- APRIL 17, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper...
On April 17, Nasser Saffarian, film critic of the newspaper Salam, was arrested for signing a letter protesting against the killing of writers and intellectuals
- APRIL 14, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 14, Ahmad Asqarpour was stoned to death in...
On April 14, Ahmad Asqarpour was stoned to death in public in northern Iran, in Babol, a town bordering the Caspian Sea
- APRIL 10, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On April 10, a German citizen Helmut Hofer, a 57-year-old...
On April 10, a German citizen Helmut Hofer, a 57-year-old businessman, was released on bail from an Iranian prison
- MARCH 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On March 16, 4 members of the Baha'i community's Higher...
On March 16, 4 members of the Baha'i community's Higher Education Institute, Habbibollah Ferdosian, Ziaullah Mirzapanah, Sina Hakiman and Farzad Khajeh, were sentenced to various prison terms