Thesis:

A comparative study of cover-related crimes in the criminal law of Iran and other Islamic countries

This research aims to conduct a comparative study of crimes related to veiling in the criminal law of Iran and other Islamic countries. The method of this research is descriptive-explanatory, which was compiled using library resources. The results showed that in Iranian criminal law, the punishment for the crime of not observing the Islamic hijab, based on the note to Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, is imprisonment from 10 days to two months or a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 rials. Instances of not observing the Islamic hijab are determined based on the opinion of the judicial authorities and according to the law of the society. In the 1403 Chastity and Hijab Law, punishment of individuals and receiving a fine is conditional on the person receiving a text message about observing the hijab using modern technologies such as facial recognition. This fine in the second instance, according to the latest update of the rial amounts of the penalties, is one-sixth of the maximum fine of the 8th degree (500 thousand Tomans), and in the third instance, one-third of the 8th degree penalty (one million), and in the fourth instance, one-half of the maximum fine of the 8th degree (one million and five hundred thousand Tomans). In the laws of other Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, etc., given that in recent years the hijab has been liberalized in most of these countries, there are still laws and prohibitions for not covering properly. In most of these countries, revealing clothing is prohibited in public and carries cash and non-cash penalties. To the extent that failure to comply with the rules of dress in society results in a penalty equivalent to 3 months to 1 year in prison. Cash penalties are also another part of these cases.

Keywords: Keywords: crimes related to veiling, Iranian criminal law, laws of Islamic countries