Euthanasia or mercy killing is a new and challenging topic in medical law. This article examines all types of euthanasia based on the Islamic criminal code of 2011, and demonstrates that active and involuntary euthanasia is murder if conditions exist the basis for active and voluntary euthanasia, however, is the victim’s consent, so the penalty is less. As the physical element of inactive eutha...

  As a legal point of view, article (728) of Islamic Penal Code has a special position in the Tazirat Act. This article rules the whole Tazirat as a principle. After a proper understanding about this article, a new theory will govern the "Penalty" principle in Iran penal system, which is the theory of "expediency- tendency" in Tazirat. According to this theory, the legislative has precisely pro...

Establishment of The special police formation for enforcement of penal sentences and announcement at the court and under the supervision of prosecutor’s training is the innovation derived from the two guidelines for organizing the execution units of the penal judgments adopted by the head of the judiciary in 2009 and 2012. There is no conflict between forming special police and the constitution...