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
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man...
an Iranian man...
- APRIL 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran. International organizations condemn executions in Iran
four international human rights organizations issued a joint statement calling for a halt on the execution of political prisoners in Iran and to save the life of Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi.
- APRIL 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORMER NORWEGIAN PM URGES IRAN NOT TO HANG DISSIDENT
former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik appealed to the Iranian government not to go ahead as planned with the execution of long-time political prisoner Valiollah Feyz-Mahdavi.
- APRIL 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in southern Kerman province.
- MARCH 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN
an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his d
- MARCH 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
- MARCH 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMEN ARRESTED IN PEACEFUL PROTEST COULD BE EXECUTED
the total number of arrests following a gathering of hundreds of women's rights defenders who had made their way from Tehran's Daneshjoo Park to Laleh Park to mark International Women's Day on March 8 remained uncertain, as was the fate of those arrested
- MARCH 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF EXECUTION
prison officials in Iran repeatedly threatened to execute Valiollah Feyz Mahdavi, a sympathizer of an armed opposition group, during the Persian New Year holidays that begin on March 21, Human Rights Watch said.
- MARCH 14, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN RESPONDS TO THE IRANIAN EMBASSY’S DENIAL OF THE EXECUTION OF MINORS IN IRAN
Hands Off Cain replies to a note sent it by the Iranian embassy in Rome in which it denyed the application of the death penalty to minors.
- MARCH 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abbas, 27...
a man, identified only as Abbas, 27...
- MARCH 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. US BLASTS IRAN IN ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
the United States blasted China and Iran for alleged gross human rights violations, branding them among the "most systematic" violators in a closely watched annual rights report.
- MARCH 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
a young man was hanged in public in the western city of Qazvin.