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
- FEBRUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
a man, identified only as Abbas, was hanged in Iran, for murder.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN HANGED FOR DEADLY BLASTS
Iran executed three men who were convicted of deadly bombings in the southwest oil city of Ahvaz in 2005,
- FEBRUARY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...
a political prisoner, Risan Sawari...
- FEBRUARY 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR MURDERERS
Four Iranian men convicted of murdering four people in separate incidents were hanged in Tehran, the
- FEBRUARY 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man identified only as Alireza K. was hanged...
a man identified only as Alireza K. was hanged...
- FEBRUARY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Tehran sentenced to death Tahmineh Danesh, 35, a Kurdish woman arrested two years ago for murdering a man who was
- FEBRUARY 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED FOR DELARA DARABI
an Iranian rights group said that a Tehran appeals court upheld a death sentence against Delara Darabi, 20, who allegedly killed a cousin three years ago when was minor.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ISLAMIC COURT FREES IRANIAN TEEN FROM DEATH SENTENCE
after two years in prison, Iranian teen Nazanin Fatehi was released and spared from her original death sentence following an international campaign spearheaded by former Miss World Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mohammad Ali Ebrahimkhani...
Judge Mohammad Ali Ebrahimkhani...
- JANUARY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man, Baqer Sajadi, 36, convicted of murdering two people has been publicly hanged in Natanz according to newspaper reports.
- JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR IRANIAN ARABS EXECUTED
Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of taking part in deadly bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz in 2005.
- JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR EXTRA MARITAL SEXUAL RELATIONS
Ameneh Salam, a 21 year old Kurdish woman