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 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR MURDER, ONE IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged former police official Abolfazl R in the central city of Arak for stabbing a man to death and raping his fiancée in the mountains outside Arak in December 2005, the report said.
- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iranian authorities handed over the body of Abdul Qayyum to Taftan police
- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUTHS TO BE EXECUTED IN IRAN FOR POSSIBLE ‘GAY’ RAPE
unconfirmed reports coming from Iran suggest that two youths are facing a brutal execution in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JANUARY 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED CHILD ABUSER
Iran hanged a man who was found guilty of severely torturing and raping a 12 year old boy in the western city of Hamedan, the state news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
three people were publicly hanged for drug trafficking in a square in the central
three people were publicly hanged for drug trafficking in a square in the central
- JANUARY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged 8 people convicted of murder, in a mass execution at
Iran hanged 8 people convicted of murder, in a mass execution at
- JANUARY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include:
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International reported that Naser Batmani...
Amnesty International reported that Naser Batmani...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two people convicted of smuggling drugs in a South-eastern province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, official media reported. The two were put to death in Zahedan prison in the volatile border province of Sistan-
- DECEMBER 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG DEALING
Iran hanged a convicted drug dealer in the northern town of Gorgan, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- DECEMBER 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man found guilty of murdering his wife more than two years ago in the southern city of Kazeroun, a newspaper reported.
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: REGARDING EXECUTIONS OF 3 CHILD OFFENDERS
Amnesty International urges Iranian authorities to prevent the execution...