Position of Restorative Justice in Crimes Against Sovereignty

Crimes against the sovereignty are crimes committed against the state itself and usually the main harm of these crimes threates the security of society. Encountering of traditional criminal law with these crimes is repressive as well as exclusive and offender of these crimes is considered dangerous and enemy of society. But the question in this article is whether, contrary to the traditional idea, we can speak about restorative justice in these crimes and replace mediation and compensation instead of revenge and elimination of the offender in these crimes. Given that the victim of these crimes is "government" and the subject of these crimes is "security" and in some cases the offenders intend to reform sovereignty, it seems like that we can find grounds for peace-building solutions and restorative responses through peace and negotiation in such crimes until offender can compensate and restore former status and not to be rejected forever. Accordingly, the present article seeks to assess the doctrines of restorative justice in crimes against sovereignty by emphasizing the criminal law of Iran and Islamic jurisprudence.