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
- OCTOBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court has approved and upheld the execution sentence of 3 teenage boys
the Supreme Court has approved and upheld the execution sentence of 3 teenage boys
- OCTOBER 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering...
Two men convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a six-year-old boy were publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz
- OCTOBER 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
One prisoner was hanged in Lahijan (northern Iran)...
One prisoner was hanged in Lahijan (northern Iran) National Council of Resistance of Iran reported
- OCTOBER 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man convicted of a series of robberies has had four
an Iranian man convicted of a series of robberies has had four
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Fatemeh H
Fatemeh H
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged in...
Two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged in a Tehran prison
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian judge sentenced a man to death for killing...
An Iranian judge sentenced a man to death for killing 17 children, most of them young boys he raped first, and three adults
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were hanged in Tehran, Rasht (northern...
Five prisoners were hanged in Tehran, Rasht (northern Iran) and Shiraz (southern Iran) National Council of Resistance of Iran reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two people on death row in Evin Prison were sent to the gallows
two people on death row in Evin Prison were sent to the gallows
- OCTOBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE...
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE after being convicted of smuggling 20
- OCTOBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
death sentences have been issued for two people
death sentences have been issued for two people
- OCTOBER 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee...
Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chair of the Women's Committee of the NCRI urged all international human rights and women's rights bodies to act immediately to prevent the execution of Fatemeh Haqiqatjou who is going to be hanged in the coming days. Fatemeh was sent