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
- DECEMBER 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
Iranian media reported that two men had been hanged.
- DECEMBER 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, armed kidnapping and drug trafficking, the ISNA news agency reported. One of the men was identified as Pordel B, convicted of murder during an armed clash as well as involvement in the armed trafficking of 15kg of
- DECEMBER 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN FRONT OF CHEERING CROWDS
Iran publicly hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed robbery in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern Sistan-e Baluchestan province, the ISNA news agency reported.
- DECEMBER 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, Mahmood and Mostafa...
two men, Mahmood and Mostafa...
- DECEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Afghan identified only by his first name as Vahid, 22, was hanged in Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, along with five other men convicted of murder. The report identified the men only as Hassangholi, Yadollah, Hossein, Mohammad-Hadi and Kheirollah.
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS ARAB SEPARATISTS
Iran hanged three people for carrying out bombings in the oil rich Khuzestan province. The Tehran Emrooz daily newspaper said the men were hanged in the provincial capital Ahvaz, where in January 2006 they bombed a private bank and the office of the gover
- DECEMBER 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz.
- DECEMBER 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE AFGHANS PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran publicly hanged three Afghan men convicted of rape. Gholam Hazrat, Shah Mir and Nour Ahmad were executed in the town of Rafsanjan, southern Kerman province.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering 12 family members was publicly hanged in the southern town of Jahrom.
- DECEMBER 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING GIRL
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a young girl was hanged at a prison in western Iran.
- DECEMBER 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PARISA AKBARI, ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING, "RELEASED"
Parisa Akbari, one of the Iranian women sentenced to death by stoning for "adultery," was released from jail as a free woman after receiving 99 lashes for having sex outside of marriage.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an unidentified Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery...