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
- JUNE 11, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei...
Anoushirvan Rezaiee, convicted of murdering Amir Zarei in Autumn 1999, was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place...
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place in 1994, was executed in public in the village of Shaam Asbi (near Ardebil)
- JUNE 6, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death,...
Javad Haddadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and death, and Batoul Ahmadi was sentenced to 99 lashings and 15 years for killing Batoul's husband, Javad Ahmadi
- MAY 31, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was...
Mohammad Sorour Al Kouze'i, a 40-year old Afghan, was executed on the Garmseer bridge in public in the town of Taft
- MAY 23, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of...
Alireza Karami Kheyrabadi, convicted on charges of hijacking a passenger plane to Iraq in 1993, was sentenced to death
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as...
Hossein Habibpour, 23 and Davoud Zak, also known as Kianoush, were hanged in Qasr prison, Tehran, on charges of murder
- MAY 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud F
Mahmoud F
- MAY 9, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for...
Four Iranians were sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug smuggling
- MAY 8, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known...
A woman by the name of Zeinab-ol Sadat, also known as Soudabeh, was handed two death sentences for killing a 70 year old man, to whom she was "temporarily wed" and his 12 year old grandson
- MAY 7, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to...
Mohammad-Reza and Mohammad-Bagher were sentenced to death, and 74 lashings, for murdering a man in the course of an armed robbery
- MAY 4, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death...
A man identified as Mohammad was sentenced to death for killing his brother in law in Khavaran, near Tehran
- APRIL 30, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved the commutation of death sentences against Mehrdad Sohrabi, Ahmad Batebi, Abbas Deldar and Akbar Mohammadi for their part in the student demonstrations in capital Tehran, in July 1999