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
- DECEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO AFGHAN BROTHERS HANGED
Iran hanged two convicted Afghan nationals for murder in the central city
- DECEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed a man for drug trafficking in the south eastern city of Zahedan.
- DECEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN ZAHEDAN
Iran hanged a criminal in the south eastern city of Zahedan...
- DECEMBER 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Raheleh Zamani, 25 anni, è stata condannata in Iran...
Raheleh Zamani, 25 anni, è stata condannata in Iran...
- DECEMBER 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER: STATE TV
Iran hanged a man in public who was found guilty of murdering a taxi driver two years ago...
- DECEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR HANGED, ONE IN PUBLIC
four men were hanged for drug trafficking in the city of Bojnord in the Northern
- DECEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a 48-year-old man with two children faces death by stoning...
a 48-year-old man with two children faces death by stoning...
- DECEMBER 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: NO WARNING OF YOUTH'S HANGING, LAWYER CLAIMS
Saiid Eghbal, the lawyer of hanged homosexual Iranian youth Makwan Moloudzadeh...
- DECEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN EXECUTED
the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) learned that
- DECEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five people were hanged in southern Iran for drug trafficking and possession of arms...
- DECEMBER 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. GAY YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH
a gay Iranian youth was sentenced to death for the crime of "lavat" (literally, sodomy), for having sex at 1
- DECEMBER 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men were hanged in public on Motahhari square of the city of Qom...
three men were hanged in public on Motahhari square of the city of Qom...