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
- AUGUST 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 50-year-old man named Majid was sentenced to hanging
a 50-year-old man named Majid was sentenced to hanging
- AUGUST 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast...
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast Iran, the state-controlled daily Jomhouri Islami reported
- AUGUST 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
widespread arrests of teenagers are carried out by the State Security Forces
widespread arrests of teenagers are carried out by the State Security Forces
- AUGUST 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judicial system issued the death sentence of a man in Tehran
the judicial system issued the death sentence of a man in Tehran
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's leading academic dissident Hashem Aghajari was...
Iran's leading academic dissident Hashem Aghajari was freed on bail on after two years in jail facing the death penalty for telling Iranians not to follow their clerical leaders like "monkeys"
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young...
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young men, Arash, Davoud, Ali and Javad, had been sentenced to death in Mashad, Iran
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards Forces announced
the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards Forces announced
- JULY 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl...
An Iranian man convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl was hanged publicly in a square in the southern city of Kerman, the conservative Jomhuri Islami newspaper reported
- JULY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
one hundred and fifty men and women participating
one hundred and fifty men and women participating
- JULY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of Mohammad Reza Heidari was issued by
the death sentence of Mohammad Reza Heidari was issued by
- JULY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Four Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the conservative Jomhuri Islami newspaper reported
- JULY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court revoked a death sentence against...
Iran's Supreme Court revoked a death sentence against Afsaneh Norouzi, a woman who killed an intelligence officer she says tried to rape her, her lawyer said