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 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the central prison of Zahedan...
a man was hanged in the central prison of Zahedan...
- NOVEMBER 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLINF IN IRAN'S SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
according to the announcement of the provincial judiciary department...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged in public a prisoner named Amin...
Iran hanged in public a prisoner named Amin...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a square in the clerical capital
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MUST IMMEDIATELY ABOLISH CHILD EXECUTION – IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
despite the UN convention on human rights, Iran continues to execute children under 18. “Iran must immediately abolish child execution,” Mina Ahadi, an Iranian human rights activist...
- NOVEMBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE HANGED ON DRUGS CHARGES
Iran hanged five men for drug trafficking, local media reported, the latest in a g
- NOVEMBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
the Iranian daily Kayhan reported that a man identified only as A.A., 29...
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON 15 YEAR OLD AFGHAN
the death sentence of a boy accused of killing an eight year old child was upheld
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
the judiciary of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iran announced that a drugs trafficker was hanged in Zahedan Prison.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED FOR CHILD MURDER- IRANIAN PAPER
three men were hanged for the murder of children from Zamanabad village in the Malayer region in Iran.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES TWO FOR KILLING AND ARMED ROBBERY
Iran hanged two men charged with killing and armed robbery, media reports said.