Criminal Liability of Govermental Legal Persons in Iran Legal system

The silence of penal legislator on legal persons before the ratification of the Islamic Penal Code in 2013, had led to absolute immunity of legal persons from criminal liability in Iran legal system according to the legal principles However the law ratification opened the way of criminal liability of governmental legal persons in the exercise of Policies in addition to the criminal liability of the legal persons as a general theory. This article explains the theory choice of legislator by criticizing the first view.