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
- MARCH 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men convicted of armed drug smuggling were publicly hanged in the town...
- MARCH 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran executed five men convicted of murder, the semi-official
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR CHILD RAPE AND MURDER
a young man convicted of child rape and murder was hanged in a prison in the northern Iranian
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CHILD RAPIST HANGED IN PUBLIC
a young man convicted of child rape was publicly hanged in Iran's central clerical capital of Qom, the
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN ACCUSED OF TAKING PART IN RECENT BOMBING
Iranian authorities in the restive province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-eastern Iran, hanged a man in public for his alleged role in last
- FEBRUARY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS WOMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of a 20 year old woman identified as Darabi,
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. IRANIAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SMUGGLING 282KG OF HASHISH
a 45 year old Iranian man, identified as Jamshid T., was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates by
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN HANGED FOR DEADLY BLASTS
Iran executed three men who were convicted of deadly bombings in the southwest oil city of Ahvaz in 2005,
- FEBRUARY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...
- FEBRUARY 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR MURDERERS
Four Iranian men convicted of murdering four people in separate incidents were hanged in Tehran, the
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man identified only as Alireza K. was hanged...
a man identified only as Alireza K. was hanged...