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
- AUGUST 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN BABLOSAR
an Iranian man was hanged in public in a square in the northern town of Bablosar in Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- AUGUST 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
an unnamed man was executed in Iran-Shar, Iran.
- AUGUST 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN FARS
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder near the town of Jahrom in the southern Fars province...
- AUGUST 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN GOLESTAN
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder in the town of Gonbad-e Kavous in the northern province of Golestan, state-run television reported on its website.
- AUGUST 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRODI DEFENDS CRITICISM OF IRANIAN EXECUTIONS
Premier Romano Prodi defended Italy’s opposition to the death penalty after Rome's criticism of Iran’s use of capital punishment escalated into a diplomatic fight.
- AUGUST 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE CRIMINALS
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed assault in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN REJECTS EU PROTESTS OVER INCREASE IN EXECUTIONS
Iran rejected protests by the European Union over the increased number of executions
- AUGUST 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Italy voiced its "deep concern" over the recent executions in Iran and asked Tehran to suspend the death penalty handed down against two Iranian-Kurdish journalists.
- AUGUST 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER
two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY DEMANDS URGENT ACTION FOR TWO FACING DEATH IN IRAN
human rights group Amnesty International called for the death sentences against two Kurdish cousins in Iran to be commuted as it issued an "urgent action" appeal on their behalf.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NINE HANGED FOR RAPE, ROBBERY, OTHER CRIMES
Iran hanged nine men sentenced to death for rape, armed robbery and other offences, most of them executed in public in front of a crowd of onlookers, state media reported.
- AUGUST 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...
a man, identified as Ramin, was hanged in Shiraz...