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
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
last week a man was hanged in the yard of Raja'ii prison in Karaj after receiving 99 whips
last week a man was hanged in the yard of Raja'ii prison in Karaj after receiving 99 whips
- JANUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's judicial authorities were contemplating the...
Iran's judicial authorities were contemplating the abolishment of the death penalty for political prisoners, Iranian deputy judiciary chief Mohammad Javad Larijani said in statement, adding that the measure was to make the Iranian courts less politicised
- JANUARY 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
press reports quoted the deputy prosecutor in the western province of Ilam...
press reports quoted the deputy prosecutor in the western province of Ilam...
- JANUARY 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Swiss Federal Council and other European countries...
The Swiss Federal Council and other European countries should concede political asylum to the People's Mujahedin members living in Iraq, over whom hangs the threat of expulsion
- JANUARY 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judge in Department 1157 of Tehran's criminal court issued the death sentence for a man
the judge in Department 1157 of Tehran's criminal court issued the death sentence for a man
- JANUARY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judge in Tehran's penal court sentenced a man
the judge in Tehran's penal court sentenced a man
- JANUARY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judiciary sentenced a man to public execution in Tehran
the judiciary sentenced a man to public execution in Tehran
- JANUARY 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, condemned...
Iranian dissident intellectual Hashem Aghajari, condemned to death for blasphemy after questioning the power of the clergy, was to have his case re-examined after February's parliamentary elections, a judiciary official said
- JANUARY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of youngsters were dancing in Hamedam’s Eram Boulevard
a number of youngsters were dancing in Hamedam’s Eram Boulevard
- JANUARY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
University authorities told students of the Imam Sadeq
University authorities told students of the Imam Sadeq
- JANUARY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of...
A Iranian man identified only as Ramin, convicted of murdering the father of his would-be bride after he failed to get family permission for the wedding, was hanged in Tehran
- JANUARY 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known...
Hasan Reza Moqarreb, a convicted child abuser known as "the Black Vulture" was hanged in public in Edalat [Justice] Square in Mashhad, Iran, after his sentence was upheld by the State Supreme Court