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
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem...
Tehran newspapers reported that a prisoner called Abolqassem would be hanged imminently in the city of Behbahan, Iran
- JANUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
according to a report in the Iran newspaper
- JANUARY 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner...
Iranian state-run newspapers reported that a prisoner in Tehran's Qasr Prison, identified as Hamid Reza, was hanged at dawn
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
on the orders of a judge, 15 youth dressed in prisoners' uniforms...
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song
eighty famous Iraqi singers and musicians held song
- JANUARY 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
Mullahs’ henchmen cut off the right arm of a prisoner
- JANUARY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the...
Two drug traffickers were executed by hanging in the north-eastern Iranian town of Ghonabad, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported
- JANUARY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
Abbas Dalili was hanged in the prison courtyard in the city of Sari, in Iran
- JANUARY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old...
The state-run daily, Sharq, reported that a 24-year-old woman, Kobra Rahmanpour, who had been in jail for four years, was suddenly taken to the death-row section of Evin Prison at midnight on 30 December 2003 and was told that she would be hanged in a few
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State...
Ali Abdollahi was hanged outside the Iranian State Security Forces headquarters in the northern city of Tonekabon in front of 2,000 local residents
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in...
Amir Sohrab-Beig, head of the justice department in the south-western province of Khuzistan in Iran said, "The judiciary is taking decisive action on a large front and plans are afoot to carry out executions in public more decisively than we did in the pa
- JANUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution
two youngsters in the southwestern city of Ahwaz were sentenced to execution