It can be said that the issue of criminal maturity is one of the challenging topics in Iran’s judicial system, with numerous ambiguities surrounding the age of criminal responsibility, the concept of maturity, and its criteria.
In this session, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslemin Dr. Seyed Hossein Hashemi and Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslemin Dr. Hojjatollah Fathi provided a detailed analysis of this topic, exploring its jurisprudential, legal, and narrational dimensions.
📌 Key topics discussed in this specialized scientific session included:
▪️ The difference between civil maturity and criminal maturity;
▪️ The role of “perfection of intellect” in determining criminal responsibility;
▪️ Analysis of Article 91 of the Islamic Penal Code;
▪️ Various jurisprudential perspectives on differentiating age for religious obligations and punishments;
▪️ The impact of physical and intellectual maturity on the criminal responsibility of adolescents.
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