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
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini...
Mokhtar jafar Zadeh, Seyed Abolghasem Hosseini..
- NOVEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE MEN FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING
Iran has publicly hanged five men convicted of rape and kidnapping in the northern province of Golestan.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi province
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR SODOMY
an Iranian man convicted of sodomy was publicly hanged in the evening in the western town of Kermanshah, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Awaz has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Awaz has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- NOVEMBER 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Babak, 19, has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Babak, 19, has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Javad Almonshi has been executed in Ervin Prison, Iran.
Javad Almonshi has been executed in Ervin Prison, Iran.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS BANGLADESHI FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a Bangladeshi convicted of murdering his brother-in-law in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged four men.
Iran hanged four men.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Morteza M, whose full surname is unknown...
Morteza M, whose full surname is unknown...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS EXECUTION THE “VERY LEAST” SADDAM DESERVES
Iran said a death sentence was the “very least” punishment that should be handed down to its one-time foe former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged two men, Mohammad Askani e Najibollah Qayoumi...
Iran hanged two men, Mohammad Askani e Najibollah Qayoumi...