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 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in...
Five convicted armed drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in Iran
- MAY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man...
The Iranian newspaper Sedaye Edalat said a young man was to be hanged in public the following week in Ghale Hassan
- MAY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
A 40-year-old man was hanged in jail in Rajai Shahr, Iran
- MAY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were...
The Farsi language newspaper Nowrouz said 20 men were to be hanged in Tehran the following week, including Ali Goosh Shekastah
- MAY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
Four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed A
Mohammed A
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed...
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed in Gonabad, Iran
- MAY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central...
A convicted killer was publicly executed in central city of Kashan in Iran
- APRIL 28, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Butehkan was executed in Kashan, Iran
Hossein Butehkan was executed in Kashan, Iran
- APRIL 28, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court handed out a death sentence to Fatemeh,...
A Tehran court handed out a death sentence to Fatemeh, and two unidentified males were condemned to die in Ahwaz
- APRIL 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran condemned to death Davoud Baghi and Saeed
A court in Tehran condemned to death Davoud Baghi and Saeed
- APRIL 26, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman, Ferdows B
A woman, Ferdows B