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
- NOVEMBER 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Ardebil
according to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Ardebil
NOVEMBER 11, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN ISFAHAN
One prisoner was hanged in the Isfahan central prison early this morning, reported the
- NOVEMBER 8, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Seven prisoners were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, five of them in public, Fars reported.
Seven prisoners were hanged in Shiraz, Iran, five of them in public, Fars reported.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 10 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Iran executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran, a statement on the website of the prosecutor's
- NOVEMBER 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in the province of Khorrasan
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in the province of Khorrasan
NOVEMBER 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iranian state media reported a total of five people were executed in Shiraz and Zarand (Kerman Province) early this morning.
NOVEMBER 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 35 HANGED IN COLLECTIVE EXECUTION IN MASHHAD
Iran sent 35 prisoners to the gallows in a collective execution carried out in the northwestern
NOVEMBER 2, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR WOMEN STONED TO DEATH
According to a report published by the Melli-Mazhabi website, four women have been stoned to death during the past days in Iran. Security agents from the Iranian Judiciary reportedly transferred the bodies of the four women to the Tehran forensic medici
OCTOBER 29, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCES
The Supreme Court in Iran confirmed the death sentence of two prisoners.
OCTOBER 28, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS HANGED IN EVIN PRISON SECRETLY
In Iran, eight prisoners transferred from Ghezelhesar prison to Evin were executed
OCTOBER 23, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA three prisoners were hanged in the
- OCTOBER 22, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
According to reports from Iran, Saeed Sedighi and nine other prisoners were hanged
According to reports from Iran, Saeed Sedighi and nine other prisoners were hanged