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 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money...
Iran's announcement that it had approved equal blood-money for Muslims and non-Muslim nationals was cheerfully acclaimed by the country's religious minorities
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill...
The Expediency Council (EC) approved a Majlis bill on equal "blood-money", or diyeh, for Muslim and non-Muslim Iranian nationals
- DECEMBER 27, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of...
Farid Soleymani, member of the National Council of Iranian Resistance, political front of the armed opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization [MKO], said that the Iraqi Governing Council's decision to expel MKO members from Iraqi territory is "illegitimat
- DECEMBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, in which the Assembly expressed its serious concern at the continuing violations of human rights in Iran, the continued deterioration of the situation with regard to freed
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term...
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over"
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder...
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder committed on 12 July 2000, was hanged in public at dawn in the main square of the northern Iranian town of Gonbad-e-Kavoos, the Kayhan evening newspaper said
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced...
Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami voiced his opposition to the death penalty, adding that he did not even wish for the execution of captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
- DECEMBER 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The student news agency ISNA reported that a man named...
The student news agency ISNA reported that a man named Mohsen R
- DECEMBER 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iran newspaper reported that man identified only...
The Iran newspaper reported that man identified only by his first name of Mahmoud was executed in a prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran
- DECEMBER 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian prisoners convicted of murder were hanged...
Three Iranian prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in a jail in Tehran, one of whom killed and dissected his brother and niece, the Entekhab daily reported
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the...
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western city of Tabriz after being convicted of raping 23 girls ranging in age from six to 11, the Kayhan newspaper reported