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 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Italy voiced its "deep concern" over the recent executions in Iran and asked Tehran to suspend the death penalty handed down against two Iranian-Kurdish journalists.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER
two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY DEMANDS URGENT ACTION FOR TWO FACING DEATH IN IRAN
human rights group Amnesty International called for the death sentences against two Kurdish cousins in Iran to be commuted as it issued an "urgent action" appeal on their behalf.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NINE HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY, OTHER CRIMES
Iran hanged nine men sentenced to death for rape, armed robbery and other offences, most of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, state media reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS 2 KURDISH REPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran's judiciary for the first time confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God."
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JAIL FOR JOURNALIST FOR DEFENDING DEATH ROW COLLEAGUES
a Tehran revolutionary court sentenced journalist Emadoldin Baghi to three years in prison
- JULY 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO ‘COMMON CRIMINALS’ EXECUTED
Iran hanged two ‘common criminals’, identified as Haj-Morad Mohammadi and Fazel Ramezani. No other details were provided.
- JULY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIANS MAY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR BEING GAY
expatriate Iranian sources are reporting that some of the 16 people hanged last week, labelled 'the most famous hooligans in Tehran', were executed for being gay
- JULY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS CONVICTED RAPIST
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted on two counts of rape in the northern city of Sari, the Iranian state-run television website reported.
- JULY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEEN SET TO ESCAPE EXECUTION
an Iranian teenager awaiting execution for murdering a drug dealer while he was
- JULY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the western city of Kermanshah