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
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT QUASHES JOURNALIST’S DEATH SENTENCE
Reporters Without Borders welcomed with great relief the ruling by the Tehran Supreme
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the most recent death sentence passed on a juvenile in Iran, a 19 year old indentified only by his first name, Hossein, will soon face the gallows for the alleged crime committed when he was 17
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. CAPPATO: REALISATION OF THE UN MORATORIUM URGENT
the European Parliament approved a resolution on the worrying increase in executions in Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS OFFICE CONCERN AT RISING IRAN EXECUTIONS
The U.N. human rights office voiced concern at a recent rise in executions in Iran and implored
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR KILLING WIFE
a man convicted of killing his wife was hanged in a prison in the central
- AUGUST 31, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man in the western city of Borujerd, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
Iran hanged a man in the western city of Borujerd, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the northern town of Noshahr, Fars news agency reported.
- AUGUST 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED IN SEMNAN
a man was hanged in the prison of Semnan (east of Tehran), the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
- AUGUST 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN AMONG FIVE EXECUTED
Four men and one woman were hanged in a Tehran jail for murder, with two others given
- AUGUST 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ANOTHER MAN HANGED FOR CRIME COMMITTED AS A MINOR
Iran hanged a man for a murder committed at the age of 15, the second execution in a week that
- AUGUST 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR DRUG DEALING IN SOUTHEAST PROVINCE
the Provincial judiciary department announced that verdicts were passed for the execution of three people for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER AFTER 19 YEARS
Iran hanged a man convicted of raping and murdering a relative in the prison of Tabriz (northwest Iran), reported the state run news agency ISCAnews