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 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
- APRIL 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court overturned a death sentence against a hard-line Islamic vigilante for murdering a couple for immoral behavior in southeastern Iran, one of the victims' lawyers said
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
- APRIL 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR RAPE
three Iranians convicted of kidnapping and then raping a woman
- APRIL 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
two unnamed men were executed in Mahhad...
two unnamed men were executed in Mahhad...
- MARCH 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS EXPERT BLASTS IRAN OVER JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
a UN human rights expert blasted Iran over the “unacceptable” executions of juvenile offenders.
- MARCH 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Hossein Haj Mohamadi...
a man, identified as Hossein Haj Mohamadi...
- MARCH 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO IRANIAN ASSASSINS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Majid Kavousifar and his accomplice Hossein Kavousifar...
- MARCH 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR
Ahmad Sariz was executed in public, in the Iranian city of Zahedan, near the Pakistani and Afghan borders, the daily Kayhan reported.