Legislative Criminal Policy of Iran on Terrorism against Water

Crimes against energy infrastructure, in addition to the destruction, are a serious threat against national security. Water is among the most important energy. Accordingly, Water infrastructure is highly appealing for terrorists and this source is one of the targets of terroristic operations. In order to prevent the fear of water infrastructure disruption, this facility must be protected through legislating suitable criminal policies. The paper aims to identify the status of terrorism against water in the Iranian legislative criminal policies and the legal measures anticipated to counteract it. For this reason, the main purpose of this research is to study and evaluate the legislative criminal policy of Iran in confronting terrorism against water. Analyzing the existing legal articles in this area reveals that the protection of water in some of legal articles has been trivial while in some other articles, this offence has been recognized as an act of terror with the punishment provided for Mohareb (a person or a group who fights against Islamic government).