The next stop on this trip is visiting ancient Persian ruins in Iran. Iran follows a theocratic family of law. Theocratic law is a system of law heavily dependent on religious belief. In Iranian law, assault is listed as a Qisas offense. Offenses of this type have punishments that also include execution. “The Islamic law regards such offenses as acts against the victim and his family and allows for inflicting on a culprit an injury exactly equal to the injury he inflicted on his victim.” (Entessar, 1998) Although retribution is allowed, the Iranian penal code and the Quran, Islamic Holy Book, recommend trying to find forgiveness. In Iran, criminal defendants are innocent until proven guilty. Seeing that Iranian legal system follows theocratic
