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 9, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
in a joint session of the cabinet and the Majlis, mullahs’ President Mohammad Khatami
- MAY 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
according to reports from the intelligence and foreign relations offices...
- MAY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
A 19 year old Iranian woman named as Leila M
- MAY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer expressed Germany's dismay over the confirmation of a death sentence ordered against a dissident Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed...
Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari vowed he wouldn't appeal against a reinstated death sentence, effectively challenging Iran's judges to execute him for criticizing clerical rule, his lawyer said
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial...
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial judge's confirmation of a death sentence for blasphemy on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, saying the verdict was not final
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari...
Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari questioned the veracity of the death sentence issued in her husband's case
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
- MAY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy...
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy against university professor and dissident Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street