Jurisprudence and legal investigation of suicide in Iran's criminal law system

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Islamic Azad University, Ph.D., Islamic Azad University of Mahdishhahr, Semnan , Iran

Abstract

The present study has been carried out aiming to investigate the jurisprudence and legal aspects of suicide in the Iranian criminal law system, in a descriptive and analytical method. The jurists have considered the criteria for the sanctity of suicide. Despite the commonalities they have, in some cases, they have disagreed. In this study, the views of jurists in the field of suicide were presented using written sources and then analyzed. Based on the distinction between intentional and unintentional suicide, their criteria and criminal responsibility are different. Just as premeditated murder is committed in the form of stewardship and causation, in suicide, if it is committed in the form of stewardship, it is prohibited by the Shari'a, and if it is committed in the form of causation, suicide is unintentional and the sentences of intentional suicide are not carried on it. Based on this distinction, the law of punishment can differentiate between intentional and unintentional suicide and set separate rules for unintentional suicide.

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