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 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 331 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCES IN 2013 WITH UN AND EUROPEAN SUPPORT
Iran executed 331 people for drug-related charges in 2013, a new report published today by the non-profit
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNITED NATIONS, ‘AT LEAST 176 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2014’
four United Nations experts on human rights – Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: U.N. ANTI-DRUGS CHIEF PRAISES IRAN FIGHT DESPITE EXECUTIONS
the U.N. anti-drugs chief praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAN KI-MOON, ‘NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT UNDER PRESIDENT ROUHANI’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AN AFGHANI PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
an Afghani prisoner was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, reported the Human Rights Activists
MARCH 10, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN MASHHAD
One man was hanged in the central prison of Mashhad (Northern Iran) reported the daily newspaper
MARCH 8, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MORE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN BANDAR ABBAS
four men were hanged in the Shahnaz Street of Bandar Abbas early in the morning, reported the news
- MARCH 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
WORLD SHOULD THANK IRAN FOR HIGH EXECUTION RATE, SAYS TEHRAN OFFICIAL
The Islamic republic's execution rate, which has soared to ghastly heights since self-described moderate Hassan Rouhani became president last year, should be viewed as a “positive marker of Iranian achievement,” according to the head of Iran’s Judiciary H
- MARCH 4, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
Farzaneh (Razieh) Moradi, a 26 year old woman convicted of murdering
Farzaneh (Razieh) Moradi, a 26 year old woman convicted of murdering her husband six years earlier, was hanged in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.
- MARCH 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, aged 28 and 30, were hanged in Rasht’s central prison on charges of “Unlawful Acts Against
two men, aged 28 and 30, were hanged in Rasht’s central prison on charges of “Unlawful Acts Against
- MARCH 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man who was charged with murder was hanged in the city of Jouybar in Mazandaran Province,
a young man who was charged with murder was hanged in the city of Jouybar in Mazandaran Province,
- MARCH 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: DEATH PENALTY, BUT NOT ONLY
An Iranian highest court approved the sentence of a young man to have his eyes gouged and his right ear