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
- MAY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
- MAY 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EU PRESIDENCY EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT IRAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
in a statement from Austria's government, which holds the rotating EU presidency, the 25-nation bloc said it was particularly worried about 10 executions carried out at Iran's Evin prison on April 19 and the indictment of human rights defender Abdolfattah
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
it was reported that the death sentence for a “young man”, Qarib Rahman, has been approved by the Iranian mullahs' judiciary putting him on the verge of execution.
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUVENILE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran’s Etemad state daily reported that a 17-year-old boy from the central city of Isfahan was sentenced to death.
- MAY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Farzaneh Sadeqi, female, was hanged in public for murder in Iran’s western province of Lorestan.
- APRIL 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 23-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TEHRAN
a 23 year old man identified only by his first name, Abolqasem, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- APRIL 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER, 'THUG' FLOGGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was executed in a prison in Shiraz and a "thug" flogged near Tehran.
- APRIL 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN RESISTANCE CONDEMNS HIGH NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
NCRI's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mohammad Mohaddessin, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, drew attention to the ruthless wave of executions that have risen dramatically since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becam
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN PRISONER HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN
an Afghan man was hanged in central Iran in the early hours of the day, Iran’s official news agency reported.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR KILLING LOCAL COMMANDER
a “young man” was hanged in the central city of Isfahan charged with killing a local police commander.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that two prisoners...
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that two prisoners...
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. USE OF DEATH PENALTY CONTINUES INCREASING
the Iranian regime's state-controlled media reported that 15 prisoners were sentenced to death in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj (west of Tehran) and that death sentences for three other prisoners in Fars Province (southern Iran) had been upheld.