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
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SURGE IN EXECUTIONS
Iranian opposition leaders condemned the growing number of executions in Iran. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi expressed grave alarm over the "rushed execution of death penalties in the country without adherence to appropriate and legal procedures.
FEBRUARY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: IRANIAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court Justice Abdul Rahim Uda sentenced iranian taxi driver Alihosseinzadeh
- JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
EU CONDEMNS IRAN'S HANGING OF DUTCH-IRANIAN WOMAN
the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned Iran's hanging of Dutch-Iranian citizen Sahra Bahrami, 46, for cocaine smuggling.
JANUARY 31, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
the spokesman for the Iranian judicial branch announced that a person convicted of
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news
- JANUARY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
one person was hanged in Tehran for drug trafficking, Iran’s prosecutor general,
- JANUARY 29, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS IRANIAN-DUTCH WOMAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
an Iranian-Dutch woman, Zahra Bahrami, arrested after taking part in anti-government
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
Ten people were executed in Iran, according to the official Iranian news sources.
- JANUARY 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
Farhad Tarom, a kurdish political prisoner, was executed in the Oroumiyeh Central
- JANUARY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Ahvaz convicted of apostasy, reported
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
three men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison convicted of rape. These three were
- JANUARY 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA
Iran hanged a murderer-rapist in public in Karaj city, the official IRNA