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 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, identified only as Zahra
a woman, identified only as Zahra
- FEBRUARY 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 22-YEAR-OLD MAN HANGED IN PRISON
a young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION OF MINORS TO CONTINUE
a judge at Tehran’s Appellate Court announced that the Islamic Republic would continue to issue death verdicts for juvenile delinquents “without considering other available options”.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HOC PRESENTS REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN AND APPEAL TO SAVE NAZANIN
a press conference took place at Hands Off Cain headquarters in Rome highlighting human rights violations in Iran and the case of Nazanin, the minor sentenced to death after being charged with killing one of the men who had attempted to rape her.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED IN IRAN
two men convicted of rape and kidnapping were hanged in southwestern and southern Iran.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 15-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
a 15-year-old schoolboy has been sentenced to death accused of murder, government-run websites announced.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VOLATILE REGION
an Iranian court sentenced seven individuals to death for allegedly playing a role in twin bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz that occurred in January, the state-run daily Iran reported.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men,identified only as Ayat K. and Mehdi A...
two men,identified only as Ayat K. and Mehdi A...
- FEBRUARY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO TEENAGERS
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN RESISTANCE WARNS OF EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
the National Council of Resistance of Iran reported that a number of political prisoners, among them supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), had disappeared, according to family members and other prisoners.