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 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO YOUNG MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN QAZVIN
Two young men were hanged publicly in Qazvin (west of Tehran) this morning.
- DECEMBER 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN SEMNAN PROVINCE
Five prisoners were executed in the prison of Shahrud (Semnan province northern Iran
- DECEMBER 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO BE STONED TO DEATH MAY BE HANGED INSTEAD
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose execution by stoning was suspended after an international outcry, may be hanged instead.
DECEMBER 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS (AMONG THEM ONE WOMAN) EXECUTED
According to reliable sources from Iran nine prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran, early this morning.
- DECEMBER 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
GHANAIAN, AFRICANS EXECUTED IN IRANIAN PRISONS - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
human rights advocacy group Amnesty International said at least one Ghanaian, Akwasi Aquwabe, was confirmed killed in Iran in 2010 in a mass execution at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.
DECEMBER 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Saveh (southwest of Tehran) early this morning.
- DECEMBER 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FEMALE KURDISH PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
the Iranian Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, to life in prison.
DECEMBER 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN ILAM
One prisoner was hanged in the central prison of Ilam (western Iran) early this morning
DECEMBER 17, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN ARAK
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak (south of Tehran) early
DECEMBER 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ‘KILLING SPREE’ OF DRUG EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International said in a report Iran has launched "a killing spree of staggering proportions
- DECEMBER 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
An unknown prisoner was hanged in "Aran-Bigdel" (Central Iranian province of Isfahan
An unknown prisoner was hanged in "Aran-Bigdel" (Central Iranian province of Isfahan
- DECEMBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged publicly in the town of Rostam (Fars province, southern Iran), reported
Two men were hanged publicly in the town of Rostam (Fars province, southern Iran), reported