Islamic Republic of Iran
Sovereign national governance and criminal justice (capital punishment and penal policy)Description
The Islamic Republic of Iran is presented as a sovereign nation-state whose criminal-justice apparatus includes capital punishment and, as cited in dialogue, executions of persons who were under eighteen when they committed offenses. Characters invoke Iran as a rhetorical comparator to condemn U.S. policy choices; Iran itself does not act within the episode’s plot or interact with on-screen agents.