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
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the public relations office of prisons
the head of the public relations office of prisons
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men was hanged...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two men was hanged in the western town of Dezful, the government newspaper Iran reported
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two people were sentenced to execution in public
two people were sentenced to execution in public
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Feyz Mohammad, a 16-year-old Afghan national, was reportedly...
Feyz Mohammad, a 16-year-old Afghan national, was reportedly sentenced to death by a juvenile court in Karaz, Iran
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said...
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in Tehran,...
An Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in Tehran, the government daily Iran reported
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Three key elements of "an international drug smuggling...
Three key elements of "an international drug smuggling network known as Nicosia" were hanged at dawn, the Tehran revolutionary court said
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
three people were hanged in Gohardasht Prison
three people were hanged in Gohardasht Prison
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judiciary issued the death sentence for a man named Ahmad M. in Abadan.
the judiciary issued the death sentence for a man named Ahmad M. in Abadan.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Tehran named Mohammad Reza Vakili was sentenced to death
a man in Tehran named Mohammad Reza Vakili was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
three people in Mashad were sentenced to death
three people in Mashad were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj