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 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SENTENCED TO THREE HANGINGS
it was reported by Iranian press that a 26 year old man was condemned to “three hangings”.
- OCTOBER 2, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRANIAN WOMAN TO DIE FOR MURDER OF FOOTBALLER'S WIFE
Iran's supreme court upheld a death sentence against Khadijeh Shahla Jahed, a jealous woman who murdered the wife of a former national football hero.
- OCTOBER 1, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of Isfahan’s Criminal Justice Complex said that the death sentence for Hamidreza
the head of Isfahan’s Criminal Justice Complex said that the death sentence for Hamidreza
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the northern city of Sari, in Iran’s Mazandaran province, the Kayhan daily reported.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a young man was publicly hanged at a riverside in the Iranian town of Kashan, south of the capital, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORCED TO FLEE COUNTRY, HE RISKED THE DEATH PENALTY FOR BEING GAY
the Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization has released photos and details of a 22 year old man it says was given 100 lashes for being gay.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man was hanged in public in the volatile town of Ahwaz
an Iranian man was hanged in public in the volatile town of Ahwaz
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUTH HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN PRISON
a young Iranian man was hanged in a penitentiary centre in the city of Yazd, central Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence for a young man who had killed his wife in a domestic dispute...
the death sentence for a young man who had killed his wife in a domestic dispute...
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
Ali Fesahat, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central province of Yazd, for murdering 22-year-old Ahmad Kheyrandish.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO CONTINUE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
the European Commission shares in the concern on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly with regards to the death penalty, but does not indent to interrupt the politics of constructive dialogue with the regime.