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
- MAY 24, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
five people, including one woman, were hanged in the prison
five people, including one woman, were hanged in the prison
MAY 23, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN AHWAZ FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a man was hanged in the Iranian province of Khuzestan for drug trafficking.
MAY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man identified only as Mohammad in the central province of Isfahan
MAY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the western city of Ahvaz, Fars news agency reported. The man was identified by his initials as A.A., he was arrested with 1.375 kilos of heroin.
MAY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed two men for drug trafficking in Isfahan Central Prison, FARS
MAY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: STUDENT’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR THROWING ROCKS REVERSED
in Iran, Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Abbas Jaafari Dowlatabadi, announced that the death sentence
- MAY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS
The death sentence for six opposition activists arrested in protests after last year's
- MAY 12, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
EU: IRAN URGED TO DROP DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO 'MOHAREBS'
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton pleaded with Iran to drop death sentences
- MAY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 5 KURDISH ACTIVISTS, INCLUDING WOMAN
five Kurdish activists, including a woman, were hanged in Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
MAY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged six men convicted of drug trafficking in
- APRIL 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH
in Iran, Tehran lawyer Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human
- APRIL 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL
One person was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, in northwestern Iran.