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, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran. International outcry saved a woman sentenced to death in Iran
following an international campaign to save the life of Ashraf Kalhori, a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, the judiciary stopped the sentence being carried out.
- AUGUST 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in public in the southeastern cities of Zabol and Zahedan.
- AUGUST 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
- AUGUST 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE, MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old boy in March 2004 was hanged in public in the north-western city of Tabriz, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN HITMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Afghan hitman convicted of murdering a dozen people in south-eastern Iran, was hanged in public.
- AUGUST 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN NORTHERN CITY
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl was hanged in public in the northern town of Babol, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- AUGUST 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 21...
a man, identified only as Mohsen, 21...
- AUGUST 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EBADI'S RIGHTS GROUP BANNED
Iran's hard-line government banned a rights group led by Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, saying her Center for Protecting Human Rights had not obtained the proper permit.
- AUGUST 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
Delara Darabi, 19, has reportedly been sentenced to death for a second time after her case was retried. She is at risk of imminent execution for a murder which took place when she was 17 years old.
- JULY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COURT SENTENCES ANOTHER DEFENDANT TO DEATH FOR AHVAZ BOMBINGS
the acting head of Khuzestan Province's Justice Department announced that Hamzeh Savari...
- JULY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Ali...
a man, identified only as Ali...
- JULY 27, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN TO BE STONED TO DEATH BY END OF MONTH, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
a young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, Amnesty International said.