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
OCTOBER 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMAN
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kerman, southeastern Iran, reported the official site of Kerman judiciary.
- OCTOBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDABIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a convicted drug trafficker in the northwestern city of Ardabil, the official
OCTOBER 4, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SECRETLY HANGED
Political prisoner Aziz Khakzad was secretly hanged in Kerman Central Prison, Iran, on charges of
OCTOBER 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Seven prisoners were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran) early in the morning.
OCTOBER 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY
One man was hanged in the city of Sari, northern Iran, early in the morning reported
OCTOBER 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: OFFICIALS SAY DEATH-ROW PASTOR'S CHARGES NOT RELIGIOUS
the charges against an Iranian pastor sentenced to death were not based on religious
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED IN ZABOL
Iran has hanged two convicted drug traffickers in the eastern city of Zabol, local media reported
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN QOM
One prisoner was hanged in the central prison of Qom (south of Tehran) early in the morning, reported the Iranain state media.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN PASTOR COULD BE EXECUTED
a Christian pastor in Iran, Yousef Nadarkhani, who twice refused to recant his faith in court, could be executed within days, which would make him the first since 1990 to be put to death by the government for apostasy.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ACID THROWER TO BE BLINDED
Iran's supreme court upheld a sentence of blinding in one eye for a waiter who hurled acid at
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UN EXPERTS CONDEMN PUBLIC EXECUTION OF JUVENILE
according to a statement by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, four
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs...
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs...