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
- FEBRUARY 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
21 year old girl sentenced to death in Iran
Tayabeh Sari Zadeh, a 21 year old girl from Khoy, in north western Iran has been sentenced to execution.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. GUARDS SAY RUSHDIE STILL FACES EXECUTION
Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards said Salman Rushdie still faced eventual execution, 16 years after revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on the British novelist.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the United Nations painted a damning portrait of women's rights in Iran
the United Nations painted a damning portrait of women's rights in Iran
- FEBRUARY 6, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
the Paris Prefecture has cancelled permits for a demonstration for democracy
the Paris Prefecture has cancelled permits for a demonstration for democracy
- FEBRUARY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed individual charged with murder was handed down an execution sentence
an unnamed individual charged with murder was handed down an execution sentence
- JANUARY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America”, 26 people were sentenced to death, in Iran, in the last month.
- JANUARY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child called on Iran on to abolish the death penalty
the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child called on Iran on to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a seventeen-year-old boy was sentenced to execution
a seventeen-year-old boy was sentenced to execution
- JANUARY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Afsaneh Norouzi, an Iranian woman accused of killing an intelligence officer...
Afsaneh Norouzi, an Iranian woman accused of killing an intelligence officer...
- JANUARY 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
three convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
three convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- JANUARY 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
it was reported by Amnesty International that Ali...
it was reported by Amnesty International that Ali...
- JANUARY 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man was hanged in Tehran, charged with murder.
an Iranian man was hanged in Tehran, charged with murder.