Document Type : Research Paper
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PhD student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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Professor, Department of Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
With the expansion of digital commercial platforms and their increasing role in the emergence of new forms of cybercrime, assessing and revising Iran's criminal policy toward this phenomenon has become an undeniable necessity. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, examines Iran's legislative criminal policy regarding criminal activities conducted through information technology platforms. In this regard, the most relevant legal regulations—including the Computer Crimes Act, the Electronic Commerce Act, the Crime Prevention Act, and other specific laws—are analyzed. The findings indicate that Iran’s criminal policy in response to this type of criminality lacks coherence, modernity, and effectiveness. Key shortcomings include weak risk identification, absence of intelligent preventive measures, lack of regulations governing the criminal liability of platforms, and institutional fragmentation. Consequently, the study emphasizes the need to design an effective preventive criminal policy focused on soft regulation, platform accountability, the use of modern technologies, and public participation in order to prevent the proliferation of platform-based crime and the erosion of public trust.
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