Discussion on Crimes Against Honor (5) Journal Article

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Furthermore, there is an explicit judicial precedent in this regard, where the Supreme Court of the country has considered the starting point of the statute of limitations to be from the moment of the accusation, rather than from the moment of the acquittal of the accused of the attributed crime, which is quoted as follows: Someone accused another of theft, and the accused was acquitted in court. The request for appeal results in the finding that the provincial court's decision regarding the occurrence of the statute of limitations concerning the crime of slander is contrary to the law, because the starting point of the statute of limitations in the aforementioned crime is the year of the issuance of the final verdict of acquittal for the person to whom the slanderer attributed a crime. Iran's first press law was approved in Muharram 1326, which derived from the principles of the Constitution, because Article 13 of the Constitution, while granting permission to the press for the free printing of parliamentary debates, gives them the choice to publish any kind of content for the benefit of the country and the nation, provided that it does not include accusation and slander against individuals and personal motives. After causing debate and tension in the Parliament, this right was given to prosecutors with a slight modification, and in the legislative bill of Azar 31, only articles harmful to the fundamentals of the religion of Islam and the violation of the sanctity of the monarchy were counted among the cases where, according to Article 43, a newspaper could be seized due to their publication before a court order is issued.