Islamic Penal Code of Iran

The Islamic Penal Code of Iran is the codified national criminal law of Iran. The current Islamic Penal Code was enacted in 2012 and entered into force in 2013. The 2013 code replaced the first Islamic Penal Code, which was enacted in 1991. The 1991 code attempted to codify Iran's criminal law on the basis of Islamic Sharia as interpreted by the Shia based Jaafari school of Islamic jurisprudence.

After the election of the first Majles of the Islamic Republic in 1980, the Majles and the Guardian Council quickly codified important features of the sharia law by passing two landmark bills in July 1982: Sharia law includes Hudud ("claims against God", punishable by a mandatory, fixed sentence), Qisas (the law of retaliation/retribution), diyyeh, or blood money (to compensate for the death/injury), Qanon-e Ta'zir (tazir is a crime that receives a discretionary sentence by a judge), Qanon-e Qisas (Retribution Law).

Compared to the 1991 code, the 2013 code has been described as containing improved provisions for the rehabilitation of offenders, although still falling short in this area. Other reforms in the 2013 code included strengthened provisions on the reduction of sentences of minors on the basis of their immaturity.

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