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
- FEBRUARY 16, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA...
according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA...
- FEBRUARY 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN QUASHES EXECUTION VERDICT FOR FOOTBALL CASE WOMAN
Iran quashed the conviction of a woman sentenced to death for murdering a
- FEBRUARY 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. LIFE OF A TEENAGE HANGS IN BALANCE
despite widespread international calls by humanitarian organizations for stay of
- FEBRUARY 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG BELUCHI JOURNALIST CONDEMNED TO DEATH
Yaghoub Mehrnahad, a student and journalist from the Beluchi ethnic group, is the
- FEBRUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian judiciary acquitted a young man, identified only by his first name
the Iranian judiciary acquitted a young man, identified only by his first name
- FEBRUARY 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF CHILD MURDERS
Iran hanged a man for murdering four boys, Tehran Emrooz newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEING DRUNK
an Iranian court sentenced a 22 year old man to death for violating the Islamic
- FEBRUARY 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DRAFT LAW PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
the Iranian Parliament is reviewing a draft penal code that for the first time in
- FEBRUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NINE MINORS WAITING TO BE HANGED
nine minors condemned to death in Iran are waiting in prison for their 18th
- FEBRUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO SISTERS FACE STONING FOR ADULTERY
two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad newspaper quoted their lawyer as saying.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence...
Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
an Iranian music teacher, Abdollah Farivar Moghaddam, has been sentenced to death by stoning, for having relations with one of his students.