The Theoretical Characteristics of the Criminal Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Criminal policy, as part of public policy, enjoys significant feature due to the fact that governments have different characteristics and their identity is formulated by diverse concepts and their establishment follows different goals. The Islamic Republic of Iran as a political system based on ‘Republicanism’ and ‘Islamite’ enjoys its specific criminal policy according to the two given components. These two components can have specific consequences which distinguish the regime of Iran from the others. While it is true that adoption of republicanism and Islamite as two basic components for political regime can force the government to follow the principles of democracy including the rule of law, civil society, and respect for equality and freedom which change the face of criminal policy, the question remains that how adoption of Islamite stressing on the respect for necessities of religion can impact on the criminal policy. In this article, we attempt to elucidate the two components of republicanism and Islamite alongside the modeling the criminal policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on aforementioned components from the theoretical standpoint.