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
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
one prisoner was hanged in the city of Zabol.
one prisoner was hanged in the city of Zabol.
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
seven drug traffickers, Abdolmajid Ghafran, Zia-ol Haq Gotraji, Alireza Lavarzehi...
seven drug traffickers, Abdolmajid Ghafran, Zia-ol Haq Gotraji, Alireza Lavarzehi...
- DECEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Shahryar, Iran, was sentenced to death
a man in Shahryar, Iran, was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
man by the name of Ababakr Damani was publicly executed
man by the name of Ababakr Damani was publicly executed
- DECEMBER 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Aba-Bakr Razi, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery, was hanged
Aba-Bakr Razi, an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery, was hanged
- DECEMBER 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Hassanvand was hanged
Hossein Hassanvand was hanged
- NOVEMBER 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner identified only as Esmaeil K. from Isfahan’s central prison was hanged
a prisoner identified only as Esmaeil K. from Isfahan’s central prison was hanged
- NOVEMBER 23, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an unnamed man was executed in the city of Isfahan
an unnamed man was executed in the city of Isfahan
- NOVEMBER 23, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 20-year-old called Payam Erfani-Nejad died as the result of beatings
a 20-year-old called Payam Erfani-Nejad died as the result of beatings
- NOVEMBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and murdering...
Two Iranian men convicted of kidnapping and murdering about 20 children in the desert south of Tehran were sentenced to be hanged in public at the scene of their crimes
- NOVEMBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state media reported that the judiciary had sentenced Mehdi
the Iranian state media reported that the judiciary had sentenced Mehdi