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
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN CONFIRMS 2 KURDISH REPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran's judiciary for the first time confirmed that two Iranian Kurdish journalists have been sentenced to death for being "enemies of God."
- JULY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JAIL FOR JOURNALIST FOR DEFENDING DEATH ROW COLLEAGUES
a Tehran revolutionary court sentenced journalist Emadoldin Baghi to three years in prison
- JULY 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO ‘COMMON CRIMINALS’ EXECUTED
Iran hanged two ‘common criminals’, identified as Haj-Morad Mohammadi and Fazel Ramezani. No other details were provided.
- JULY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIANS MAY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED FOR BEING GAY
expatriate Iranian sources are reporting that some of the 16 people hanged last week, labelled 'the most famous hooligans in Tehran', were executed for being gay
- JULY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS CONVICTED RAPIST
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted on two counts of rape in the northern city of Sari, the Iranian state-run television website reported.
- JULY 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEEN SET TO ESCAPE EXECUTION
an Iranian teenager awaiting execution for murdering a drug dealer while he was
- JULY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the western city of Kermanshah
- JULY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS 16 CRIMINALS HANGED
Iran hanged 16 men convicted for various offences, including rape and kidnapping.
- JULY 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a convicted murderer in the western city of Khoramabad, a press report said.
- JULY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
authorities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan Province have condemned two ethnic Kurds
- JULY 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men, Majid, 27, Mostafa...
three men, Majid, 27, Mostafa...
- JULY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS TEENAGER’S EXECUTION
Iran halted the execution of a teenager who murdered a drug dealer when he was 16, giving his family 10 days to reach a settlement with the victim’s kin, his lawyer said.