A Critique on Money Laundering Laws in Iran from the Point of View of Jurisprudence and Laws

One of the topics that is the concern of criminal and criminal policy today is money laundering and related issues. Because not paying attention to it can lead to many challenges both at the national and international level. According to these conditions, different countries have started to establish criminal and penal laws in this field, among which Iran is one of these countries. Therefore, this article tries to answer this question by using the descriptive-analytical research method and the analysis of legal documents, what are the serious criticisms of money laundering laws in Iran? In response to this hypothesis, it is suggested that "criticisms on money laundering laws are from two aspects, jurisprudence and thematic laws, and this issue has caused Iran's laws to be ineffective in combating money laundering". The findings show that paying attention to the changes made in international laws in this regard, creating a regulation or instruction to identify the dimensions and prevent confusion in the judicial procedure, trying to create a suitable legal framework for money laundering, guaranteeing a guarantee High enforcement in this type of law, involving people and non-governmental organizations, strengthening judicial and executive criminal policy, the necessity of a type of executive criminal policy with police and control missions, examining the necessity of dealing with money laundering crimes in international legal and criminal courts, cooperation of national judges and international and efforts in line with the provisions of FATF group in this field are the main and necessary components of Iran's laws in the field of money laundering.