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
- APRIL 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences,...
Following the Supreme Court's approval of their sentences, a number of people will be executed in the near future for causing social disorder, Chairman of Tehran Province Justice Administration Abbas Ali Alizadeh announced
- APRIL 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial on April 20, the daily newspaper Iran...
In an editorial on April 20, the daily newspaper Iran News decried the live broadcast of the execution of Sa'id Hana'i, the self-confessed murderer of 16 women, by the Islamic Republic News Broadcasting (IRIB)
- APRIL 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three condemned murderers were hanged in a Tehran prison,...
Three condemned murderers were hanged in a Tehran prison, including Amir Hossein Karimi who went to the gallows for killing his 17-year-old cousin in a fit of jealous rage
- APRIL 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Firouzi was executed in the Iranian holy city of Qom
Ali Firouzi was executed in the Iranian holy city of Qom
- APRIL 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted serial killer who strangled 16 Iranian...
A convicted serial killer who strangled 16 Iranian women with their headscarves was hanged at a prison court in Mashdad, Korashan province
- APRIL 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Maurice Copithorne, a special representative of the...
Maurice Copithorne, a special representative of the UN Commission on Human Rights, pointed to instances of serious human right abuses of Iran's Azerbaijani population in his speech at the 58th session of the commission
- APRIL 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehdi Sayyadi, a convicted murderer, was publicly hanged...
Mehdi Sayyadi, a convicted murderer, was publicly hanged in the northeastern town of Bandar-e Gaz
- APRIL 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Hassani, a convicted smuggler, was hanged...
Mohammed Hassani, a convicted smuggler, was hanged in jail in the northeastern town of Amol in Iran
- APRIL 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the...
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the world doubled in 2001, mainly because of a crackdown on crime in China, Amnesty International said
- APRIL 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five armed bandits received 74 lashes of the whip each...
Five armed bandits received 74 lashes of the whip each in one of the major squares of the ancient central Iranian city of Esfahan for a variety of crimes including rape, armed robbery, hooliganism and disrupting public security on various occasions
- MARCH 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than...
Australia is negotiating with Iran to return more than 200 asylum seekers who have been refused refugee status in Australia