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 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified...
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified man were sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
Abbas Ali was hanged in jail in Mashdad, Iran
- JUNE 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
A Tehran court sentenced Hamid Allah Assadzadeh to execution
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified...
An Iranian court condemned an Afghan national identified as Mahmoud to death
- JUNE 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to...
A woman identified only as Ashraf was condemned to death by stoning in Iran
- JUNE 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad,...
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad, Saeid Massoumi and Mohammed Lashgari - were hanged inside a prison in the capital city Tehran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Zahra E
Zahra E
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling...
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling that gave asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
An Iranian identified as Majid was sentenced to execution
- JUNE 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
Siavosh was hanged in jail in Shahr Rey, Iran
- JUNE 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death