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
- OCTOBER 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned...
A court in the southern Iranian city of Kerman condemned a gang of six men to hang publicly for committing a series of murders in a bid to clean up on social vices, the Etemad newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's...
The European Union issued a blistering attack on Iran's human rights record but stopped short from agreeing to table or co-sponsor a United Nations General Assembly resolution that would single out Iran for its human rights violations
- OCTOBER 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called for an end to Islamic punishments in her country and their replacement by modern penalties "as in all democratic countries"
- OCTOBER 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace...
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace prize to Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi
- OCTOBER 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a...
An Iranian court sentenced Mohammad Ali Firouzi, a 34 year old man convicted of serial raping children, to eight death sentences and 173 lashes, the judge in charge of the case said
- OCTOBER 8, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Zinat al-Sadat, a 34 year old nurse convicted of murder,...
Zinat al-Sadat, a 34 year old nurse convicted of murder, was executed by hanging in a Tehran prison, the Etemad newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 5, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man identified as Mohammad A
An Iranian man identified as Mohammad A
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in...
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in at least two of the cases, having contacts with outlawed political organisations, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said in a statement
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary...
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary calling for the freeing of Afsaneh Noruzi, a young woman sentenced to death for killing a man who was attempting to rape her, press reports said
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed...
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed in the southwestern town of Marvdasht, the Yas-e No paper reported
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which...
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which would raise the minimum age for death sentences to 18 from 15
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering...
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering four people, was publicly hanged in a square in the north-western city of Maragheh, the Kayhan newspaper reported, quoting a statement from the West Azarbaijan province's judiciary