Terrorism Financing in Cyberspace and Iran’s Criminal Policy Towards It

The advancement of technology and the advent of cyberspace have challenged many of the traditional concepts of criminal law, including terrorism financing in cyberspace. The present article has used the descriptive-analytical method and library resources to answer the following question: What is Iran’s criminal policy towards financial supporters of terrorism in cyberspace? The findings of this article confirm that the advent of cyberspace has facilitated the financial support of terrorists, thereby methods such as donation in the cyberspace and social media and the use of cyber money laundering will provide financial support. The Islamic Republic of Iran also has passed some regulations in the fight against terrorism, including the law on combating the terrorism financing in 2015 (Amendments in 2018). According to these laws, providing terrorists with any funds and property in any way will be considered as a crime and there predicted appropriate responses towards simple and intensive terrorism financing. However, despite the inclusion of cyber-financing in this law, it seems that there is a legal gap in this regard, and it is necessary to refer to the terrorism financing in cybercrime in a differentiated and explicit manner