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
- DECEMBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Fars news agency reported that Iran publicly hanged an unidentified man for murder. He was executed in
Fars news agency reported that Iran publicly hanged an unidentified man for murder. He was executed in
- DECEMBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in a square in the city of Ahvaz in Iran’s
an unidentified man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in a square in the city of Ahvaz in Iran’s
- DECEMBER 8, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MUST STOP IMMINENT EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDER
the Iranian authorities must halt the planned execution of a juvenile offender, Amnesty International urged
- DECEMBER 1, 2009FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE: TEHRAN- STOP GAY EXECUTIONS
France launched a strong appeal to Iran to immediately stop the imminent execution of Iranians sentenced to
NOVEMBER 30, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG MAN ON VERGE OF EXECUTION
the death sentence of Mohammad Reza Hadadi, 21, was endorsed by the Iranian Supreme Court and
NOVEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR POLITICAL PRISONER
Ayoub Porkar, 46, was sentenced to death for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran. His
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY CONSIDERS FATE OF DETAINED IRAN RAELIAN LEADER
The Turkish authorities say they are discussing what to do with an Iranian atheist who says she fled
NOVEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One man has been hanged in Amol in northern Iran, official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
NOVEMBER 25, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED
An Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the city of Karaj on the western outskirts of Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported.
NOVEMBER 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI IN IRAN SEEKING KURD EXECUTION HALT
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a
NOVEMBER 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGE BOY
three Iranian men were hanged for raping a 17-year-old boy who subsequently committed suicide, the Fars
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
ISNA news agency said an unidentified 23-year-old man convicted of robbery and rape was hanged in Bojnourd city in Iran’s north eastern North Khorasan province. It did not give the date of execution.