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The new Islamic Penal Code of Iran was adopted in May 2013 and entered into force the same year in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. It consists of four books: General Provisions, Ḥudūd, Qiṣāṣ, and Diyāt.

The latest Constitution of Iran which entered into force in 1979 and contains 177 articles].

The Islamic Penal Code of Iran, originally supposed to be a provisional code, was in effect from 1991 till 2013 after being extended several times

The first draft articles on the Islamic Penal Code adopted in Parliament after receiving and debating the Judiciary’s draft.

The second set of draft articles on the new Islamic Penal Code adopted in Parliament, after modifying the first draft in response to the Guardian Council’s objections.

The first round of objections raised by the Guardian Council with regard to Parliament’s 2009 adoption of the first draft of the Islamic Penal Code.

The third set of Islamic Penal Code draft articles adopted in the Iran's Parliament. This draft code at some point became law after Guardian Council’s initial approval. But later the Council revoked its approval and the code lost its authority.

The fourth time Iran's Parliament modified the Islamic Penal Code following the Guardian Council’s objections.

The fifth time Iran's Parliament modified the Islamic Penal Code following the Guardian Council’s objections.

Guardian Council approves of the Iran's Parliament’s Islamic Penal Code of 01.02.2012.

The Guardian Council revokes its prior approval of the Islamic Penal Code adopted by Iran's Parliament and raises another set of objections.

Guardian Council raises objections as to Parliament’s Islamic Penal Code draft articles of 01.07.2013.