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
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
- APRIL 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEACHERS CONDEMN EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
in a public statement released in Tehran, teachers supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran condemned the death warrant issued against Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi in Gohardasht Prison, west of Tehran.
- APRIL 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN CONDEMNED IN NEW YORK
the Iranian community in New York condemned the execution of political prisoners in Iran in a demonstration outside the UN headquarters.
- APRIL 10, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. BEAUTY QUEEN LAUNCHES QUEST TO SAVE NAMESAKE FROM DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN
a Canadian beauty queen's campaign to save the life of an Iranian teenager was drawing worldwide interest, with more than 7,000 people signing a petition.
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in southern Kerman province.
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man...
an Iranian man...
- APRIL 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran. International organizations condemn executions in Iran
four international human rights organizations issued a joint statement calling for a halt on the execution of political prisoners in Iran and to save the life of Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi.
- APRIL 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORMER NORWEGIAN PM URGES IRAN NOT TO HANG DISSIDENT
former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik appealed to the Iranian government not to go ahead as planned with the execution of long-time political prisoner Valiollah Feyz-Mahdavi.
- APRIL 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in southern Kerman province.
- MARCH 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN
an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his d
- MARCH 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
a man, identified only as H.Z. was hanged in public in the southern city of Jahrom...
- MARCH 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMEN ARRESTED IN PEACEFUL PROTEST COULD BE EXECUTED
the total number of arrests following a gathering of hundreds of women's rights defenders who had made their way from Tehran's Daneshjoo Park to Laleh Park to mark International Women's Day on March 8 remained uncertain, as was the fate of those arrested