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
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT AGAIN UPHOLDS CONVICTED WOMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
Shahla Jahed, 36, was once again facing imminent execution, after the Supreme Court reportedly upheld her death sentence for the second time.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN TEHRAN
two Iranian men convicted of murder were hanged in a Tehran prison.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, identified only as Sepher and Farshid...
two men, identified only as Sepher and Farshid...
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man, Gholam-Reza Rigi, for drug-related crime.
Iran hanged a man, Gholam-Reza Rigi, for drug-related crime.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man, Hamid Hosna’i, for drug-related crime.
Iran hanged a man, Hamid Hosna’i, for drug-related crime.
- AUGUST 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DRUG TRAFFICKER PUBLICLY HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was publicly hanged in the south-eastern town of Iranshahr...
- AUGUST 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran’s minister of intelligence said that the death sentence...
Iran’s minister of intelligence said that the death sentence of six people involved in the Ahvaz disturbances had been endorsed by the Supreme Court.
- AUGUST 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED PUBLICLY FOR ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of repeated armed robberies and rape was publicly hanged in the southeastern town of Khash.
- AUGUST 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Bahram...
a man, identified only as Bahram...
- AUGUST 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Morteza N., 20...
a man, identified only as Morteza N., 20...
- AUGUST 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man, identified only as Karim B., for drug-related crime
Iran hanged a man, identified only as Karim B., for drug-related crime
- AUGUST 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
it was reported that an Iranian man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in the northern town of Sari.