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 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old, Milad B
A 17-year-old, Milad B
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of...
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of a university professor who claimed that Islamic fundamentalism had taken hold of the country's ruling elite
- AUGUST 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah...
The head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Great Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, has sought the death penalty for a pro-reform journalist who allegedly insulted Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in a speech in the western city of Hamedan
- AUGUST 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran
Two men were sentenced to death in Lavasan, Iran
- AUGUST 5, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted Afghan rapists were publicly hanged in...
Two convicted Afghan rapists were publicly hanged in suburban Tehran for raping two Afghan girls
- AUGUST 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital...
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital Tehran
- JULY 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
- JULY 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
- JULY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rohollah M
Rohollah M
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men, one identified as Fatemeh, were sentenced...
Two men, one identified as Fatemeh, were sentenced to execution in Tehran
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh...
The Iranian government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh rejected the Iraqi government assertions on arresting and execution of two individuals allegedly spying for Iran