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 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, head of the Judiciary confirmed the sentence
Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, head of the Judiciary confirmed the sentence
- AUGUST 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law...
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law has been hanged in Tehran's main Evin prison, a newspaper reported
- AUGUST 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged...
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged publicly in Shabankareh, a town in the southern Gulf province of Bushehr, the government daily Iran reported
- AUGUST 9, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman and two men were sentenced to death
a woman and two men were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judiciary in the western Iranian province of Hamedan has ordered
the judiciary in the western Iranian province of Hamedan has ordered
- AUGUST 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
death sentences were issued for a man and a woman
death sentences were issued for a man and a woman
- AUGUST 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the Information Center
the head of the Information Center
- AUGUST 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
fifty-one women and girls were arrested in Gilan Province
fifty-one women and girls were arrested in Gilan Province
- AUGUST 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the mullahs’ henchmen hanged a 29-year-old prisoner by the name of Shah Bakhsh in public
the mullahs’ henchmen hanged a 29-year-old prisoner by the name of Shah Bakhsh in public
- AUGUST 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The secretariat of the National Council of Resistance...
The secretariat of the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) said the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on August 4 that the Supreme Court had upheld two death sentences
- AUGUST 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a report issued by
according to a report issued by