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, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
A court in Tehran sentenced a man to death
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in...
Hossein Najafi, a convicted murderer was hanged in a prison in the northeatern holy city of Mashhad, the daily Qods said
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
Rasoul Imani, 63, was hanged in jail in Tabriz, Iran
- JUNE 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
Three men were sentenced to execution in Abadan, Iran
- JUNE 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- JUNE 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
- JUNE 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged...
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan...
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan Afgani - were hanged in prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences...
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences to Mehsi and Hossein
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran,...
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran, passed a death-by-stoning sentence on Shahnaz
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a...
A 20-year-old man, Majid Mozaffari, was hanged in a prison in the western city of Ilam for murdering two women
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A