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 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FOUR FOR MURDER
it was reported that Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of murder in the southeastern city of Zahedan and Langerood in northern Gilan province.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SENTENCES OF EXECUTION BY STONING REVERSED FOR TWO IRANIAN WOMEN
branch 15 of Iran's Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of charges of "adultery" in the cases of Parisa and Najaf Akbari.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ADULTERY, KIDNAPPING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of repeated kidnapping and adultery in the southern province of Kerman, Fars news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 “VULGAR CD” SELLERS
Tehran’s public prosecutor’s office is seeking the death penalty for seven individuals accused of producing and distributing pornographic CDs which are banned in Islamic Iran.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN DENIES EXECUTIONS BY STONING
Justice minister Jamal Karimi-Rad reaffirmed that Iran is not carrying out death sentences by stoning, despite such verdicts still being handed down to several adulterers.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS DEATH PENALTY AWAITS PRODUCERS OF PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS
the prosecutor-general of Iran’s capital Tehran said that death penalty awaits the producers of immoral [pornographic] videos.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini...
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini..
- NOVEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE MEN FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING
Iran has publicly hanged five men convicted of rape and kidnapping in the northern province of Golestan.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi province
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR SODOMY
an Iranian man convicted of sodomy was publicly hanged in the evening in the western town of Kermanshah, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Awaz has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Awaz has been sentenced to death, in Iran...