Criminal Liability in Cyberspace According to the Legal System of Iran

Abstract

Cyberspace or virtual environment is a concept which has been recently considered by criminologists and lawyers. Along with the creation of this environment, there are some crimes which are committed in the given environment; therefore, the legal fight against these crimes requires taking some significant steps. The first crime was criminal behavior. However, the criminalization without creation and proof of criminal liability is deemed to be almost pointless. Perhaps, it was on this basis that the legislator of the law in Iran has emphasized on the criminal liability of legal entities regarding the cybercrimes and explicitly targeted at the criminal liability of legal persons for the first time the legal system of Iran. However, the issue of criminal liability and explaining the scope of computer crime law has been of the great importance. Many questions may be raised about the extent of the responsibility of individuals in a virtual environment. Legislator of Iran has allocated the sixth season of the computer crimes law to the subject of criminal liability and the most important changes that have been made in the above-mentioned law is to identify and establish criminal liability for legal persons in the virtual environment. .

Keywords

• keywords: cyberspace
• cybercrime
• criminal liability
• factors of diminished criminal responsibility