The period of temporary detention in Iran and Arab Countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon)

One of the goals of criminal procedure is to protect the right to liberty.Temporary detention is a violation of this right, which in the present study is examined for a maximum period of time in the light of criminal policy findings. Some countries, under the influence of security-oriented criminal policies, consider the accused as a dangerous enemy and violate his right to liberty under the pretext of providing maximum security to the society and increase the maximum period of temporary detention or indefinite detention.The approach of Saudi and Lebanese law in terms of not setting a maximum period of temporary detention in criminal investigations is influenced by the security model of criminal justice and expediency.In these systems, the judiciary has full authority at its discretion and in order to achieve the good of the offender and the victim, and can violate the right to liberty; In this case, the atmosphere of the criminal justice system will take on the color and smell of security, and criminal policy will move towards the dehumanization of the criminal response. Contrary to the above view, the adoption of a tolerant criminal policy with a little tolerance in Egypt and Iran has led to a shorter maximum detention period. From an interactionist criminological point of view, which views criminal justice institutions as labeled institutions and processes, this reduces criminal intervention and, as a result, defendants are less likely to face criminal labeling. However, in some countries, such as Egypt and even Iran, sparks of security-oriented criminal policy have prevailed in the legal system that have empowered the political authority to detain individuals without maximum detention.This article seeks to discover the strengths and strengthen them and find the weaknesses and reduce them by analytical and descriptive methods, and therefore can be effective in improving criminal policy.