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
OCTOBER 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
One man was hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran) reported the official
OCTOBER 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYUN: IRAN SECRETLY EXECUTED PRISONERS
Hundreds of prisoners have been secretly executed by Iran's regime, according to a
- OCTOBER 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN BIRJAND
one man was hanged in the prison of Birjand, capital of the southern Khorasan province
OCTOBER 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Sari (northern Iran) reported the official website
OCTOBER 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED PUBLICLY
One man was hanged publicly in the town of Sardasht (Fars province, south of Iran), reported
OCTOBER 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Four men were hanged publicly in the town of Khomeinishahr, in central Iran, early in the morning.
- OCTOBER 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF PASTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran's supreme court ordered a retrial for Iranian Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, 32, from Rasht, who was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death for renouncing his Muslim religion.
OCTOBER 11, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SEMNAN
Three prisoners were hanged in the morning in the prison of Semnan, Iran, reported the official
- OCTOBER 10, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE AZERBAIJANIS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five Iranian Azerbaijanis – Jamal Shaikhzade, Farhad Islamdust, Muhammad Jangali, Dehqan
- OCTOBER 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr
Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr
OCTOBER 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE EXECUTION IN THE PRISON OF ISFAHAN
one prisoner was executed in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN FOR RAPE
Iran's Supreme Court approved the death sentence handed to four men accused of a gang rape in Khomeinishahr.