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
JULY 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in the town of Arak in central
- JULY 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ANOTHER EXECUTION
a prisoner was executed in Iran. Reports said that Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a prisoner in Naqadeh Central Prison, was hanged
JULY 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 20 DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED IN ONE DAY
Iran hanged 20 drug traffickers, official media reported.
JULY 2, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Six men were hanged in the prison of Qom, south of Tehran, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
- JULY 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
six people who participated in protests in Iran against the re-election...
six people who participated in protests in Iran against the re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were hanged in the city of Mashhad.
- JULY 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER IN SHIRAZ
two men were hanged in the Adelabard prison of Shiraz early morning, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Etemad.
- JULY 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SIX HANGED FOR MURDER, TWO SPARED
Iran hanged six people for murder, and two others were spared by the families of their victims at the last minute.
- JUNE 24, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN APPEAL OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF IRANIAN
a Yemeni appeal court overturned a death sentence imposed on an Iranian in a drug trafficking case.
- JUNE 21, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PARLIAMENT PLANS END TO SOME PUNISHMENTS
Iran's parliament plans to scrap stoning and amputation of a hand as punishments in a revised version of the
- JUNE 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
the website of Iran’s State-run television said that two men were hanged in a prison in
the website of Iran’s State-run television said that two men were hanged in a prison in
- JUNE 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking. A report in the Vatan Emrouz
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking. A report in the Vatan Emrouz
JUNE 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PROSECUTOR WARNS OF DEATH PENALTY FOR VIOLENCE
An Iranian provincial prosecutor has warned that the "few elements" behind post-