Customary Criminal Code and its Role in the Formation of Iranian Criminal Law

Customary Criminal Code (1295) is the first substantial code in Iranian criminal law developments . This Code is ratified 38 years after Counte Code (1258) . Its importance is that it makes the substructures of its post criminal codes. This Code is very important due to new division of crimes, penalties and explanations of Counte Code which was unprecedented. These regulations show Iranian criminal law developments and Iranian legal social culture in 100 years ago. Many of current criminal law organizations go back to even pre-constitutional period. In Naseri period, French Penal Code (1810) , and some of Ottoman regulations were translated, but they were not ratified by Naserredin Shah. These laws and regulations were accepted by Nosratodoleh. This article examines ratification of Customary Criminal Code and then analyzes typology of crimes and penalties.