A new look at media communication with the nature of the crime of false propaganda in Iranian laws centered around virtual media

Media has a profound and wide impact on the ethics and social thought of individuals. One of the features of the media, and especially the modern media of cyberspace, is its audience and its communications. This capability makes the news and information available very quickly to be made available to everyone. But when false news or false reports are published in these networks or in the media, fake news is quickly available to all and, in some cases, brings irreparable damage to the community.

This research is based on descriptive and analytical method. In the present article, it has become possible to investigate and analyze the crime of publishing falsehoods, to communicate media and especially cyberspace with the crime of false propaganda.

One way of publishing lies is through the use of media, including written, audio, visual or virtual material for publishing content. In this regard, the press law, which deals with press and media activities in the country, in its article 6, considers publications other than in the cases specified in the law to publish other free materials. Important legal material in this area can be found in Articles 698 and 699 of the fifth book of the Islamic Penal Code in the realm of space and in Article 746 on cybercrime.

Considering the rapid growth of technology in the field of mass media, the more precise prediction of the criminal nature of the dissemination of lies in the mass media and, separately, on the basis of the specific media, is one of the requirements of the duties of lawyers of the country..