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
- JULY 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO ‘COMMON CRIMINALS’ EXECUTED
Iran hanged two ‘common criminals’, identified as Haj-Morad Mohammadi and Fazel Ramezani. No other details were provided.
- JULY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIANS MAY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR BEING GAY
expatriate Iranian sources are reporting that some of the 16 people hanged last week, labelled 'the most famous hooligans in Tehran', were executed for being gay
- JULY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS CONVICTED RAPIST
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted on two counts of rape in the northern city of Sari, the Iranian state-run television website reported.
- JULY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEEN SET TO ESCAPE EXECUTION
an Iranian teenager awaiting execution for murdering a drug dealer while he was
- JULY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the western city of Kermanshah
- JULY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS 16 CRIMINALS HANGED
Iran hanged 16 men convicted for various offences, including rape and kidnapping.
- JULY 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer in the western city of Khoramabad, a press report said.
- JULY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
authorities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan Province have condemned two ethnic Kurds
- JULY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men, Majid, 27, Mostafa...
three men, Majid, 27, Mostafa...
- JULY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS TEENAGER’S EXECUTION
Iran halted the execution of a teenager who murdered a drug dealer when he was 16, giving his family 10 days to reach a settlement with the victim’s kin, his lawyer said.
- JULY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG DEALING IN IRAN'S SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
a drug dealer under the name of Na'im Mola'i, suspected of possessing 10 kg of heroin...
- JULY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT PENDING CHILD OFFENDER EXECUTION IN IRAN
Amnesty International discovered that 18 year old Sina Paymard, who was sentenced to death in Iran for a crime committed when he was just 16 years old, may be executed within the next few hours.