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
- AUGUST 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering his wife has...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering his wife has been hanged in public in a square in the central city of Arak, Hamvatan Salam paper newspaper reported
- AUGUST 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of raping a number of women...
An Iranian man convicted of raping a number of women and girls has been hanged publicly near Tehran, drawing cheers from some 1,500 spectators, a judiciary official told AFP
- AUGUST 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in public this morning in Hessarak.
a man was hanged in public this morning in Hessarak.
- AUGUST 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
agents of the State Security Force attacked a party
agents of the State Security Force attacked a party
- AUGUST 23, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Judicial system in Tehran sentenced two men to execution
the Judicial system in Tehran sentenced two men to execution
- AUGUST 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran Daily reported the execution of a man
Iran Daily reported the execution of a man
- AUGUST 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Judicial System issued the death sentence of a man
the Judicial System issued the death sentence of a man
- AUGUST 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian unnamed man was hanged in public
an Iranian unnamed man was hanged in public
- AUGUST 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square...
Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square in the southern province of Kerman, Iran, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported on Saturday
- AUGUST 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man was issued in Tehran
the death sentence of a man was issued in Tehran
- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance...
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said that the clerical regime's henchmen executed a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran
- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
agents of the State Security Forces in Qazvin arrested 41 men
agents of the State Security Forces in Qazvin arrested 41 men