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
- NOVEMBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
the Iranian daily Kayhan reported that a man identified only as A.A., 29...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON 15 YEAR OLD AFGHAN
the death sentence of a boy accused of killing an eight year old child was upheld
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
the judiciary of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iran announced that a drugs trafficker was hanged in Zahedan Prison.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED FOR CHILD MURDER- IRANIAN PAPER
three men were hanged for the murder of children from Zamanabad village in the Malayer region in Iran.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES TWO FOR KILLING AND ARMED ROBBERY
Iran hanged two men charged with killing and armed robbery, media reports said.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION HALTED BY CHIEF JUSTICE
the impending death sentence of Makvan Mouloodzadeh, a 21 year old Iranian citizen found guilty of
- NOVEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a convicted drug trafficker in the southeastern city of Zahedan...
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SOUTHERN IRAN
the Prosecutor-General's Office of Hormozgan announced that D. N., 25 year old resident of Kahnuj, was chased by armed personnel for carrying 475 kg opium in a Xantia car.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS KURDISH JOURNALIST'S DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence handed to Kurdish journalist
- NOVEMBER 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO AFGHANS PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPING DUTCH WOMAN
Iran publicly hanged two Afghans for the rape of a Dutch woman, state news
- NOVEMBER 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged Sabour Feyz, an Iranian national, for heroin trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Kiyan has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Kiyan has been sentenced to death, in Iran...