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 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in Iran for murder. No further details are available.
a man was hanged in Iran for murder. No further details are available.
- DECEMBER 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the prison of Arak, central Iran...
a man was hanged in the prison of Arak, central Iran...
- DECEMBER 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MINOR EXECUTED FOR MURDER
the organisation of collective human rights activists in Iran reported the execution of juvenile offender
- DECEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Iran has hanged in public a man convicted of killing a mother and daughter in the southeastern province
- DECEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the 33rd chamber of the the Supreme Court in Iran confirmed the death sentence of Abbas Hosseini
the 33rd chamber of the the Supreme Court in Iran confirmed the death sentence of Abbas Hosseini
- DECEMBER 28, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One man has been hanged in the prison of Ardebil (northwestern Iranian province of east-Azarbaijan),
- DECEMBER 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN STONED
Houshang Khodadadeh and an unidentified man were stoned by the mullahs' judiciary in Behesht Zahra cemetery in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran.
- DECEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS EIGHT MEN AND ONE WOMAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged nine convicted murderers, including a woman, in a Tehran prison, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- DECEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ONE MAN HANGED IN NOSHAHR
a man was hanged in the prison of Noshahr (north of Iran) early today, reported the state run news
- DECEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the General and Revolutionary Court of Zabol in Sistan-Baluchestan Province...
according to the General and Revolutionary Court of Zabol in Sistan-Baluchestan Province...
- DECEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Behnood Shojaee, a juvenile on death row in Iran, is in imminent danger of execution and is to be executed in less than 48 hours
Behnood Shojaee, a juvenile on death row in Iran, is in imminent danger of execution and is to be executed in less than 48 hours
- DECEMBER 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the town of Malayer...
a man was hanged in the town of Malayer...