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 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN MAN TO BE STONED TO DEATH DESPITE MORATORIUM
Naghi Ahmadi was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran in June, in the northern city of Sari, after he visited a married woman's home in the night while her husband was away working in another city, the Sarmayeh newspaper reported.
- JUNE 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man who allegedly committed a...
a young man who allegedly committed a...
- JUNE 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UK. IRANIAN OPPOSITION GROUP REMOVED FROM TERROR LIST
British lawmakers formally removed an Iranian opposition group from t
- JUNE 22, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Davoud Abdollahi, convicted of spying and sentenced to death by a revolutionary court...
Davoud Abdollahi, convicted of spying and sentenced to death by a revolutionary court...
- JUNE 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man for murder in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a press report said.
Iran hanged a man for murder in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a press report said.
- JUNE 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS GROUP PUBLISHES LIST OF CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW
Iran has sentenced 177 people under the age of 18 to death over the past decade
- JUNE 16, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN ZAHEDAN
Iran hanged a man convicted of a string of offences including membership of a rebel group and being
- JUNE 16, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN CHABAHAR
Younes Rahmandust was hanged in a prison in the port city of Chabahar, in south eastern
- JUNE 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the European Union strongly condemns...
the European Union strongly condemns...
- JUNE 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
four man, identified only as Sadeq, Alireza, Hamid and Ismail...
four man, identified only as Sadeq, Alireza, Hamid and Ismail, were hanged in Mashad’s Central Prison, Iran, the Iranian provincial daily newspaper Khorasan reported. The four were convicted of rape. According to this report, a young woman, who had escape
- JUNE 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS EIGHT CONVICTS
Iran hanged eight men for murder or rape, the Fars news agency reported. The five murderers and three rapists were hanged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
- JUNE 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International launched an attack against...
Amnesty International launched an attack against...