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
MARCH 8, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a jeweller was hanged in the western province of Kermanshah, state-
MARCH 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) early this morning reported
- MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 10 CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed 10 men for drug trafficking in the western Kermanshah Province, the province’s
MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
an appeals court in Iran found Kurdish student, Habibolah Latifi, guilty of waging war against God
FEBRUARY 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE PRISON OF OROUMIEH
One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Kalhori, approximately 40 years old, detained in the Sepidar jail...
Ashraf Kalhori, approximately 40 years old, detained in the Sepidar jail...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE IRANIANS HANGED FOR MURDER
three Iranians convicted of murder were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison. The men were identified
FEBRUARY 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ADULTERY CONVICTED MAN HANGED
according to reports from Iran, Abdollah Farivar Moghadam who had previosly been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, was hanged in the prison of Sari.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE EXECUTED IN AHWAZ
Three men were hanged in Ahwaz, capital of the Iranian oil rich province of Khuzestan
- FEBRUARY 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SEEKS TO LIMIT EXECUTION OF MINORS
Iran's judiciary said it drew up a bill which aims to ease punishments for minor offenders and make
- FEBRUARY 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Three people were executed at a jail in Isfahan, Iran. The death sentences were passed for
Three people were executed at a jail in Isfahan, Iran. The death sentences were passed for
- FEBRUARY 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged for murder in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.
two men were hanged for murder in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.