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
- APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two Iranian men were hanged in prison in Yasooj, southwestern Iran, for murdering three people in a fight.
- APRIL 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
Kerman’s court Judge Amiri Tabar had sentenced two young men to death
- APRIL 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER FACING IMMINENT EXECUTION
Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Hojjat Zamani, a longtime political prisoner in Iran, making his execution imminent. Zamani, 29 years old, had been imprisoned in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran since the year 2000 for being a m
- APRIL 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
- APRIL 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
- APRIL 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
- MARCH 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- MARCH 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILDREN WHIPPED THEN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
Mohammed Bijeh, a man convicted of raping and murdering 16 boys was lashed 100 times, and then hanged in front of a large, angry Iranian crowd who pelted him with stones and scuffled with police.
- MARCH 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED PUBLICLY FOR RAPE AND ARMED ROBBERY
two Iranians were hanged in public in Bandar-Abbas in southern Iran after they were found guilty of rape and armed robbery.
- MARCH 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Bahram Oroumand and Saed Hussien, two youths, were sentenced to death
Bahram Oroumand and Saed Hussien, two youths, were sentenced to death
- MARCH 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR BANK RAID MURDERS
Ali Sookhtezadeh was hanged in public in Ahvaz, south-western Iran, for murdering five people during a bank robbery.
- MARCH 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
two men convicted of robbery were publicly given 74 lashes each
two men convicted of robbery were publicly given 74 lashes each