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
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt...
A number of Iranian film-makers whose movies have dealt with Iran's revolution and the status of its women, have had their works censored or banned
- NOVEMBER 11, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of...
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of Qolam Reza Ameli, Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted...
Gholamreza Ameli was sentenced to death for the attempted murder of the then head of the Justice Department of Tehran Province, Ali Razini
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad,...
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad, were hanged for banditry
- OCTOBER 27, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian police said they had renewed a crackdown on...
Iranian police said they had renewed a crackdown on satellite dishes after the authorities blamed a spate of riots on television broadcasts by exiled opposition groups
- OCTOBER 25, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The self-confessed serial killer of 16 prostitutes...
The self-confessed serial killer of 16 prostitutes in Iran's holy city of Mashhad, Saeed Hanayi, was sentenced to death by hanging
- OCTOBER 24, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Iranian "Resistance Council" called...
The opposition Iranian "Resistance Council" called on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel to cancel his talks in Iran
- OCTOBER 22, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged three men, Mohsen, Mehrdad...
Iranian authorities hanged three men, Mohsen, Mehrdad and Ali-Reza, for rape
- OCTOBER 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's former prosecutor-general Ayatollah Morteza...
Iran's former prosecutor-general Ayatollah Morteza Moqtada'i defended the execution of Islamic punishments in public, saying they help deter the rise of crime in society
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman, convicted of murdering her husband...
An Iranian woman, convicted of murdering her husband in complicity with her paramour, has ended up at the gallows in Tehran's Qasr Prison
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranians have been sentenced to death and 23 of...
Two Iranians have been sentenced to death and 23 of their accomplices given jail terms for operating a prostitution ring in the holy city of Qom
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Tehran's Justice administration hit back at those...
The Tehran's Justice administration hit back at those opposing the public execution of the court sentences, saying their opposition is "politically-biased"