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 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
JULY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YEARS ON DEATH ROW FOR BRIDE TOO YOUNG TO BE STONED
within months of her arranged marriage in Iran, Azar Bagheri had been charged with adultery
- JULY 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht
- JULY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS WOMAN'S DEATH BY STONING
The authorities in Iran have announced that a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to
- JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MOTHER AND SON HANGED
One woman and one man were hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwest of Iran),
- JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan according to the official website
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the Baluchestan province, south east of Iran.
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS
an Iranian youth in Tabriz has been sentenced to death by hanging for the charge
- JUNE 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
An Iranian woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning. Sakineh Mohamamadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, was accused of having extramarital relations with two men who ended up kill
JUNE 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAIL ABUSE CASE
An Iranian military court sentenced two men to death in connection with the killings of three anti-government protesters, the state news agency said.
- JUNE 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FEMALE POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, faces imminent execution.
- JUNE 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: APPEAL TO SAVE MOTHER FROM EXECUTION
the children of a woman convicted of having sex with two men who murdered her husband and sentenced to death by stoning have appealed to save her life.