Univerisity of Qom Comparative Studies on Islamic and Western Law 2476-4213 11 3 2024 09 22 The Concept of Knowledge in Iran Criminal Law and International Criminal Court The Concept of Knowledge in Iran Criminal Law and International Criminal Court 89 116 2896 10.22091/csiw.2024.9167.2395 FA Aref Rashnudi Ph.D in Criminal Law and Criminology, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 0009-0008-3651-7526 Mohammadali Ardebili Prof, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Omran Ali Mohmadi Ph.D in Criminal Law and Criminology, Director General of Justice of Ilam Province. Zahra Mirzaie Senior expert in criminal law and criminology - Qom University - university lecturer - lawyer Journal Article 2023 02 21 The knowledge of the perpetrator is one of the most challenging components of the realization of crimes in Iranian criminal law and International Criminal Law. In the system of international criminal law, before drafting of the statute of International Criminal Court, and in Iranian criminal law, before the Islamic Penal Code 1392, the issue of the perpetrator’s knowledge was never discussed independently. In the Rome Statute and in the Islamic Penal Code, under the <em>mens rea</em>, it has referred to the knowledge of the perpetrator for the realization of crimes. However, despite these provisions, this issue still faces conceptual challenges due to the use of vague terms in the definition of knowledge. Thus, in this study, this issue was examined descriptively and analytically and the results of this research include determining the concept of knowledge in Iranian criminal law and International Criminal Court. This research also shows that logical knowledge for predicting the criminal result includes the prediction of a certain and definite outcome, not a possible prediction; on the other hand, knowledge as a cognitive element in some cases can replace or cover the administrative element. The knowledge of the perpetrator is one of the most challenging components of the realization of crimes in Iranian criminal law and International Criminal Law. In the system of international criminal law, before drafting of the statute of International Criminal Court, and in Iranian criminal law, before the Islamic Penal Code 1392, the issue of the perpetrator’s knowledge was never discussed independently. In the Rome Statute and in the Islamic Penal Code, under the <em>mens rea</em>, it has referred to the knowledge of the perpetrator for the realization of crimes. However, despite these provisions, this issue still faces conceptual challenges due to the use of vague terms in the definition of knowledge. Thus, in this study, this issue was examined descriptively and analytically and the results of this research include determining the concept of knowledge in Iranian criminal law and International Criminal Court. This research also shows that logical knowledge for predicting the criminal result includes the prediction of a certain and definite outcome, not a possible prediction; on the other hand, knowledge as a cognitive element in some cases can replace or cover the administrative element. https://csiw.qom.ac.ir/article_2896_8fe421b486cfacbb17e76ee418f9ab7a.pdf