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 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were executed in the Evin prison, Iran.
two men were executed in the Evin prison, Iran.
- DECEMBER 18, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN QOM
Iran hanged a man in a prison in the religious city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported.
- DECEMBER 18, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men in a prison in the religious city of Qom after they were convicted of drug trafficking,
- DECEMBER 18, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged two men in a prison in the religious city of Qom...
Iran hanged two men in a prison in the religious city of Qom...
- DECEMBER 16, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - RAHELEH ZAMANI SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED BY HANGING
Raheleh Zamani, 25, was sentenced to death for murdering her husband two years ago with a steel pipe.
- DECEMBER 15, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
a man convicted of killing two people in Iran was hanged in a prison in the northeastern city of Mashhad,
- DECEMBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the northern city of Semnan, the state news agency
DECEMBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the prison of Tabas (Khorasan province, eastern Iran) in the morning, reported
- DECEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the southern city of Kazeroun, Quds newspaper
- DECEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES HANGED ONE MAN FOR FEW MINUTES, AND THEN SENT HIM TO A HOSPITAL FOR RESUSCITATION
One man was hanged for few minutes, and then sent to a hospital early today, reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA.
- DECEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO BE THROWN OFF A CLIFF
the Mullahs' judiciary in Iran sentenced two young men to death by being thrown off of a
- DECEMBER 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan