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 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Authorities have hanged a man in south-western Iran, state media
- FEBRUARY 12, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: RADICALS- REFUGEE STATUS OF IRANIAN LESBIAN RECOGNISED
English authorities recognised the political refugee status of Iranian lesbian Pegah Emambakhsh, the Radical Association Certi Diritti said.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
THERE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR IRAN BOMBING
an Iranian court sentenced three men to death for bombing a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, killing a number of people. Iranian Judiciary spokesman Ali-Reza Jasmshidi said that three men, among a total of 15 people arrested as part of the case, wer
- FEBRUARY 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN STILL SUFFERING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, SAYS AMNESTY
Amnesty International reports arbitrary arrests, torture and extensive use of death penalty in Iran 30 years after Islamic revolution.
FEBRUARY 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR MURDER
three Iranians convicted of killing a businessman were hanged in the western city of Kermanshah, a newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
the execution of Bahman Saliman in Iran, scheduled for February 5th...
the execution of Bahman Saliman in Iran, scheduled for February 5th...
FEBRUARY 4, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: LAWYERS URGE AN END TO EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS
a group of 150 Iranian lawyers addressed a letter to the country's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud
- FEBRUARY 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One man was hanged in the prison of Bojnord (in the Iranian province of Northern Khorasan), reported the
JANUARY 29, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian woman was hanged in the prison of Rafsanjan (south-eastern Iranian province
- JANUARY 28, 2009BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION AWAITS BULGARIAN DRIVER IN IRAN
A Bulgarian truck driver who had been missing for four months has be
- JANUARY 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER
three Iranians convicted of murder have been hanged recently in the south of the country, local newspapers
JANUARY 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED IN THE PRISON OF ISFAHAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran) early this morning, reported