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 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JUNE PROTESTS
the reformist site Mowjcamp announced that the Tehran Revolutionary Court had issued a fourth death
- OCTOBER 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MINOR OFFENDER BEHNOUD SHOJAEE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
the minor offender Behnoud Shojaee was executed at 5 in the morning at Tehran's Evin Prison. He was convicted of murdering another boy by the name Omid in June 2005, when he was 17 years old.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: D’ELIA (RADICALS)- DEATH PENALTY ALSO RESULT OF POLITICS OF APPEASEMENT
"As usual, the Mullah’s regime celebrated the world day against the death penalty in a deadly manner,"
OCTOBER 10, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death, ISNA
- OCTOBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES IRAN TO RESCIND FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International urged Iran to rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person to be sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election.
OCTOBER 6, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN AHWAZI ARABS FACING EXECUTION
Seven Ahwazi Arab opposition activists have been sentenced to death in secret trials in Iran's Revolutionary
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTION POSTPONEMENT MOVE WELCOMED
Amnesty International welcomed the postponement by Iranian authorities of the execution of Abbas Hosseini, an Afghan national, for a murder committed when he was 17 years old.
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PROTESTER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a man identified as Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani learnt from the Iranian authorities that he had been
- OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY AND HOMOSEXUALITY
a man was hanged for adultery and homosexuality, human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei reported.
- OCTOBER 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN FREES TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
an Iranian man and woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning were freed on appeal,
- OCTOBER 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IRAN MOVES TO EXECUTE MAN FOR CRIME COMMITTED WHEN HE WAS 17
Amnesty International warned of the imminent execution of Afghan national Abbas Hosseini in Mashhad, north-eastern Iran, for a murder committed in 2003 when he was 17.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Five people were hanged in the prison of Taybad, north-east of Iran reported the official news site of the Iranian police.