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 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering a family of four was hanged publicly in the northeastern city of Mashhad
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery was publicly hanged in the southern city of Ahwaz
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering...
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering and chopping up her drug addict husband who allegedly tried to rape her daughter
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran)...
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran) National Council of Resistance of Iran reported
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
- OCTOBER 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised...
Four Iranian men convicted of belonging to an organised crime gang were hanged in the northern province of Mazandaran
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry...
An Iranian man convicted of armed robbery, banditry and drug trafficking was hanged in public in the central city of Isfahan, the local judiciary said
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners...
State-owned newspapers reported that two prisoners were hanged in the southern city of Jiroft
- OCTOBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square...
Mehrzad Vajeb-Olhoghough was hanged in a public square in Isfahan, in front of his wife and his child
- OCTOBER 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged...
A man found guilty of raping a young girl was hanged in Iran in the northern province of Mazandaran