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
- DECEMBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 52-year-old man, by the name of Hossein, was hanged
a 52-year-old man, by the name of Hossein, was hanged
- DECEMBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an 18-year-old boy named Bahram was sentenced to death
an 18-year-old boy named Bahram was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
one prisoner was hanged in the city of Zabol.
one prisoner was hanged in the city of Zabol.
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
seven drug traffickers, Abdolmajid Ghafran, Zia-ol Haq Gotraji, Alireza Lavarzehi...
seven drug traffickers, Abdolmajid Ghafran, Zia-ol Haq Gotraji, Alireza Lavarzehi...
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Shahryar, Iran, was sentenced to death
a man in Shahryar, Iran, was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
man by the name of Ababakr Damani was publicly executed
man by the name of Ababakr Damani was publicly executed
- DECEMBER 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Aba-Bakr Razi, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery, was hanged
Aba-Bakr Razi, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery, was hanged
- DECEMBER 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Hassanvand was hanged
Hossein Hassanvand was hanged
- NOVEMBER 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner identified only as Esmaeil K. from Isfahan’s central prison was hanged
a prisoner identified only as Esmaeil K. from Isfahan’s central prison was hanged
- NOVEMBER 23, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed man was executed in the city of Isfahan
an unnamed man was executed in the city of Isfahan
- NOVEMBER 23, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 20-year-old called Payam Erfani-Nejad died as the result of beatings
a 20-year-old called Payam Erfani-Nejad died as the result of beatings