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 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
- AUGUST 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 3 FOR RAPE IN LATEST PUBLIC EXECUTION
Iran hanged three men in public for raping a woman, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAN FOR "TERRORIZING" SOCIETY
the public relations centre of the judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province in Iran announced that an ‘armed thug’ called Sanaoallah Mirbaluchzehi was sentenced to death for his involvement in an armed kidnapping and for terrorizing society.
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
- AUGUST 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the town of Taibad in the eastern Khorasan Razavi province, the student ISNA news agency reported.
- AUGUST 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN BABLOSAR
an Iranian man was hanged in public in a square in the northern town of Bablosar in Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- AUGUST 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
- AUGUST 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN FARS
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder near the town of Jahrom in the southern Fars province...
- AUGUST 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN GOLESTAN
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder in the town of Gonbad-e Kavous in the northern province of Golestan, state-run television reported on its website.
- AUGUST 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRODI DEFENDS CRITICISM OF IRANIAN EXECUTIONS
Premier Romano Prodi defended Italy’s opposition to the death penalty after Rome's criticism of Iran’s use of capital punishment escalated into a diplomatic fight.
- AUGUST 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE CRIMINALS
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed assault in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN REJECTS EU PROTESTS OVER INCREASE IN EXECUTIONS
Iran rejected protests by the European Union over the increased number of executions