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
- MAY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
- APRIL 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PORNOGRAPHY PRODUCERS TO GET DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW LAW
the culture committee of the Iranian parliament approved a bill sentencing to death
- APRIL 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN THREE INDIVIDUALS EXECUTED IN TEHRAN ON SECURITY CHARGES
three individuals were executed in Tehran, Iran, having been sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
- APRIL 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in southern Hormozgan province...
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Iran, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran's main prison.
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
- APRIL 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Fars news agency reported that two unnamed men were execuated in Iran
Fars news agency reported that two unnamed men were execuated in Iran
- APRIL 23, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in northwestern East Azarbaijan province, the official IRNA news agency reported.
- APRIL 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS PUBLICLY HANGED
Iran recently hanged four men convicted of drug trafficking according to local media.
- APRIL 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Syed Mohammad Reza Mousavi Shirazi, 20...
Syed Mohammad Reza Mousavi Shirazi, 20...
- APRIL 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, Jamal Shir Mohamadi...
two men, Jamal Shir Mohamadi...
- APRIL 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Abasali...
a man, identified as Abasali...