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
- JULY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN 'ANNULS DEATH TERM' FOR CHRISTIAN PASTOR
Iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Yusef Nadarkhani
- JULY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the group "Iranian Activists for Human Rights and Democracy", 7 people
According to the group "Iranian Activists for Human Rights and Democracy", 7 people
- JULY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to reliable sources, 25 people in Ghezel Hesar prison (in Karaj, west
According to reliable sources, 25 people in Ghezel Hesar prison (in Karaj, west
JUNE 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR APOSTASY REPORTEDLY UPHELD FOR PASTOR NADARKHANI
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported that the death sentence handed down in 2010
JUNE 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 'TWENTY-SIX ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED'
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said local sources in Mashad told the ICHRI that 26 more alleged drug traffickers were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on June 15, 2011.
- JUNE 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUDICIARY CHIEF INSISTS ON USE OF PUBLIC HANGINGS
the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Larijani, announced that "hoodlums and
- JUNE 25, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
140 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SOUTHERN KHORASAN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime executed 140 people it accused of drug smuggling in the province of South Khorasan over the past year, according to the province’s judiciary.
- JUNE 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three people were hanged in public in Iran, in the southeastern town of Zabol, early this morning
- JUNE 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
Two men were hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the Iranian daily newspaper
- JUNE 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in Shahr-e Kord prison (western Iran). According to the
One man was hanged in Shahr-e Kord prison (western Iran). According to the
- JUNE 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran hanged in public a man convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in
- JUNE 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO BROTHERS HANGED
Iran hanged two brothers convicted of kidnapping and murder in a prison of the