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 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Salman has been sentenced to death, in Iran, for murdering Nader...
Salman has been sentenced to death, in Iran, for murdering Nader...
- NOVEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southeastern town of Zabol, the government newspaper Iran reported
- NOVEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian men have been hanged in a prison in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
two Iranian men have been hanged in a prison in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COUPLE REPORTED HANGED IN MAY, WERE ACTUALLY STONED TO DEATH
according to Rooz daily, “In May 2006, a man and a woman identified as Abbass H. and Mahboubeh M. were stoned to death in the northern city of Mashhad”.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX PEOPLE PUBLICLY HANGED FOR KIDNAPPING TOURISTS
Iran publicly hanged in the southeastern city of Zahedan six members of a Sunni "terrorist" group convicted of abducting European tourists and armed robbery.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
- OCTOBER 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of several counts of robbery was hanged in the southern province of Hormozgan.
- OCTOBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Nosratollah A. has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
Nosratollah A. has been sentenced to death, in Iran...
- OCTOBER 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO FEMALE CONVICTS REPORTEDLY ESCAPE EXECUTION - AGENCY
it was reported that two female convicts in Iran’s Hamedan prison had their sentences reduced and managed to escape execution.
- OCTOBER 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN'S DEATH PENALTY SUSPENDED IN HIGH PROFILE CASE
the judiciary has suspended the hanging of Kobra Rahmanpour "while it waits for the husband's family to pardon her," said in an interview her attorney, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi.