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 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the central city of Arak, the Iran governmental newspaper reported.
- JULY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged two men and a woman convicted of murder in the northwestern city of Tabriz and the southern city of Shiraz, media reports said.
- JULY 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abdolah F., was executed in Iran...
a man, identified only as Abdolah F., was executed in Iran...
- JULY 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EIGHT WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
Iran sentenced to death eight women currently serving time in Iranian prisons, the state-run daily
- JULY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 20 CRIMINALS SENTENCED TO DEATH: JUDICIARY SPOKESMAN
judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi announced that 20
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iranian authorities executed Navid Parham, 22, by hanging in public, in a street in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iranian authorities hanged a man identified by local media as Hassan Madadi.
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGED AT REPORTED STONING
Amnesty International expressed outrage at the reported execution by stoning of Ja’far Kiani on 5 July...
- JULY 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
Iran hanged a rapist in the central city of Arak, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- JULY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
- JULY 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ADULTERER STONED TO DEATH
a man convicted of adultery was stoned to death in a village in northwestern Iran, the first time judiciary has confirmed such an execution in five years.
- JULY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO HANG POLITICAL PRISONER ON JULY 4
the death sentence of Khaled Hardani, a political prisoner since 2000, was reaffirmed on May 31, 2007.