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 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include:
- JANUARY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EIGHT PEOPLE HANGED IN QOM
Eight people were hanged in the prison of Qom, south of Tehran, state run news
JANUARY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN BALUCHESTAN
four men were hanged in Zahedan prison in Sistan-Baluchestan.
DECEMBER 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS HANGED
According to the reports from Iran two political prisoners were hanged
- DECEMBER 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON 'ISRAELI SPY'
Iran sentenced an unidentified man to death for syping for Israel, the semiofficial Mehr
- DECEMBER 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED
According to the news from Iran, seven prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian towns early on the Christmas day.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
eleven men were hanged in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan (capital of Baluchestan
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERS
According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri
- DECEMBER 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN ORDERS EXECUTION FOR MAKING PORN SITE
Iran sentenced Saeed Malekpour, 35, an emigre who returned from Canada, to death for running a pornographic Web site there.
DECEMBER 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Four people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, early this morning.
DECEMBER 1, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERING LOVE RIVAL
Iran hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA
NOVEMBER 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Isfahan, central Iran, according to the reports