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
- APRIL 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use...
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use of torture which human rights groups said the Islamic Republic's security organisations routinely used to extract confessions
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
- APRIL 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of girls were arrested en masse
a number of girls were arrested en masse
- APRIL 18, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
A man named as Mehdi, 25, was hanged in Rezvanshahr, Iran
- APRIL 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN...
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN Human Rights Commission's failure to condemn the Islamic Republic during its 60th session
- APRIL 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said...
The Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK) in Iran said six of its members were executed in Iran's prisons
- APRIL 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man was sentenced to flogging
a young man was sentenced to flogging
- APRIL 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari had...
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari had his four-year jail sentence for insulting religious values dropped, but must await a review of his death sentence for blasphemy before he can hope to be released from prison, Zekrollah Ahmadi, judiciary c
- APRIL 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Offences punishable by death include:
Offences punishable by death include:
- APRIL 5, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the information and public relations department...
According to the information and public relations department of the Justice Department of Iran's Khuzestan province, a man named Hadi H
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties