Iran’s Judicial System

● Legal System is closely tied to the Islamic religion in

Iran
● All authority falls under the Supreme Leader
● Executions are at an all time high due to the Iran
Legal System
○ Selling and Smuggling Drugs
is a crime punishable by
execution
○ Iran is the only country to
execute minors
○ A lot of political criminals end
up executed by the law

● Made up of Criminal, Civil, and Military Courts

● Like in America, there is also a Supreme Court
● Very Controversial Laws
○ The age of responsibility for girls is 9 and is 15 for boys
○ Discriminatory laws against
women
● The elite citizens have a greater
amount of authority when it
comes to the law.
● There have been major attempts
at reform in the past, but none of
the attempts have been
successful.