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 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Delara Darabi, a 20-year-old Iranian woman sentenced to death on charges she killed a cousin when she was 17, tried to kill herself at Tehran's Evin prison. Her mother told Tehran daily Etemad that her daughter is clinically depressed and only weighs 35 k
- JANUARY 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners, identified only as M.H. and S.S., were hanged in Ahwaz...
two prisoners, identified only as M.H. and S.S., were hanged in Ahwaz...
- JANUARY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN HANGED FOR DECADES-OLD MURDER
An Iranian convicted of murdering his brother and sister-in-law as well as their two children 27 years ago was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the government newspaper Iran reported.
- JANUARY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man, identified only as Arash, 20, was hanged...
a young man, identified only as Arash, 20, was hanged...
- JANUARY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mahmoud T., 33...
a man, identified only as Mahmoud T., 33...
- JANUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN COURT DROPS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TEEN
an Iranian court dropped a death sentence against a teenager convicted of stabbing to death one of three men who
- JANUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ADVOCATES HOPE IRANIAN GIRL WILL AVOID EXECUTION
the trial of Nazanin Fatehi, an Iranian girl convicted of killing a man who attempted to rape her, concluded, according to a former Miss World Canada who had advocated on her behalf.
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a police officer was hanged in the northern town of Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS CONVICTED MURDERER IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged