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
- MAY 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
a man identified as Abdolbaret Nurzehi was executed for murder in a prison in Khash,
a man identified as Abdolbaret Nurzehi was executed for murder in a prison in Khash,
- MAY 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a prisoner was executed in the Ardabil Jail, Iran.
- MAY 3, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DELARA DARABI: D’ELIA- MULLAH’S BRUTALITY TOLERATED BY EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS
following the execution of Delara Darabi in Iran, Hands Off Cain secretary Sergio
- MAY 2, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
EU PRESIDENCY STATEMENT ON THE EXECUTION OF DELARA DARABI
“The Presidency of the European Union strongly condemns the execution of Miss
- MAY 2, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were hanged in the prison of Taibad (eastern Iranian province of
Eight people were hanged in the prison of Taibad (eastern Iranian province of
- MAY 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS A MINOR
Iran hanged a young woman who was convicted of murder when she was a minor, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups who have sought to end capital punishment for juvenile offenders.
- APRIL 30, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR SERIAL RAPES
Iran hanged a man convicted of rape in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the state-
- APRIL 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has hanged a drug trafficker in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Karoon
Iran has hanged a drug trafficker in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Karoon
- APRIL 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN ELITES: NO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR -18S
a group of Iranian Islamic clerics, legal experts and social activists urged a ban on the death sentence for those under 18 years of age.
- APRIL 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED
two people were hanged in the prison of Ahwaz (southern Iranian province of Khuzestan), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna.
- APRIL 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
PLANNED IRANIAN STONING DRAWS CRITICISM
Human Rights Watch received reports that a court in Rasht, in northwest Iran, upheld a sentence of death by stoning against Muhammad Navid Khamami.
APRIL 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DELARA'S EXECUTION POSTPONED
Iranian human rights activists say the execution of juvenile offender Delara Darabi has been postponed. Darabi, who was due to be executed on April 20, was sentenced to death for a murder she allegedly committed at the age of 17.