Non-Penal and Penal Prevention of Economic Corruption in Iran Law Emphasizing the Eight Commands of Ayatollah Khamenei

In preventing and cleaning up the economic corruption, the section of society or one of the governmental departments cannot consider it singly; and it needs to be a collective movement that interacts with the three powers. The Islamic Republic of Iran, or in other words, after 1978, did not seriously try to prevent or clean up economic corruption. This problem was caused by the issue of eight-article commands to the heads of the powers in May 2001 by Ayatollah Khamenei. These commands are considered the turning point and road map to cleaning up the economic corruption. These commands express the three powers and positions interactions as one of the effective ways to prevent these corruptions. Paying attention to the personal features of the economic corruptors and the economic crime features and using the prevention tools help us reach our purposes. In another section, it has been considered the role of available punishments in law and their function in preventing economic corruption. Also, it has been considered the challenges faced with cleaning up the economic corruption and the challenges faced with realizing the eight-article commands of Ayatollah Khamenei, which it was issued to clean up the economic corruption in May 2001