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
- JUNE 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the town of Karaj...
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN LEADS THE WORLD IN EXECUTING CHILDREN
Iran should immediately suspend the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged a convicted drug trafficker in public in the southern city of Shiraz in Fars province, a newspaper reported.
- JUNE 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN STAYS EXECUTION BY STONING
Iranian authorities have halted the planned stoning to death of a man and woman convicted of adultery following international protests.
- JUNE 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged four men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Masood A., has been sentenced...
a man, identified only as Masood A., has been sentenced...
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR PORN VIDEO MAKERS
Iran's parliament voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DEATH PENALTY REQUEST BY NOBEL LAUREATE ATTORNEY SPARKS CRITICISM
The news that a young man has been executed in Tehran for raping and killing a woman has been met with
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the city of Karaj west of Tehran...
Iran has hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the city of Karaj west of Tehran...
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged two for drug trafficking in Tehran's Evin prison, Tehran Emrooz newspaper reported.
- JUNE 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER
Iran has hanged three men for murder in Tehran's Evin prison, Tehran Emrooz newspaper reported.
- JUNE 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Golamhossein...
a man, identified as Golamhossein...