The Islamic Penal Code of Iran is the country's codified criminal law, grounded in Islamic sharia as interpreted by the Shia Jaafari school of jurisprudence. The current version was enacted in 2012 and took effect in 2013, replacing the original 1991 code, and it groups offenses into hudud (fixed mandatory penalties for crimes against God), qisas (retribution or retaliation), diyeh (blood-money compensation) and ta'zir (penalties left to judicial discretion). The 2013 revision added provisions aimed at rehabilitating offenders and extended protections for minors based on their developmental maturity. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The current Islamic Penal Code was enacted in 2012 and entered into force in 2013. The 2013 code replaced the first Islamic Penal Code, which was enacted in 1991. The 1991 code attempted to codify Iran's criminal law on the basis
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The Islamic Penal Code of Iran is the codified national criminal law of Iran.
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