Administrative corruption in Iran is one of the most prominent instances of violating citizenship rights and a fundamental obstacle to achieving good governance, with roots extending beyond legal vacuums into political, economic, and social structures. Focusing on "offenses against integrity" and the mechanisms of criminal law, administrative law, and constitutional law, this report demonstrates that legal protections for government employees and weak enforcement mechanisms have reinforced conditions conducive to corruption. At the criminal law level, ambiguity in defining administrative offenses, a lack of transparency in judicial procedures concerning special law enforcement officers, and weak protection for whistleblowers are introduced as core challenges. At the criminological level, corruption is analyzed as a violation of citizens' right to the proper administration of affairs and good governance, emphasizing components such as transparency, accountability, free flow of information, and responsibility as preventive mechanisms. Furthermore, at the executive-judicial level, the report shows that political corruption and non-accountable powers originate much of administrative corruption, and a multiplicity of regulatory bodies without efficiency, competition, and transparency remains ineffective. Finally, policy recommendations include redefining the concepts of corruption and quasi-governmental enterprises, operationalizing transparency, decisive and non-discriminatory enforcement, reviewing the oversight system, establishing a citizen oversight institution, and training interdisciplinary specialists for effective anti-corruption efforts.
Jafari, A. (2026). Legal Anatomy of Administrative Law Offenses and Combating Corruption. Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 3(3), 59–70. https://doi.org/10.22054/jicia.2019.20344
MLA
Jafari, A. "Legal Anatomy of Administrative Law Offenses and Combating Corruption", Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 3, 3, 2026, 59–70. doi: 10.22054/jicia.2019.20344
HARVARD
Jafari, A. (2026). 'Legal Anatomy of Administrative Law Offenses and Combating Corruption', Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 3(3), pp. 59–70. doi: 10.22054/jicia.2019.20344
CHICAGO
Jafari, A., "Legal Anatomy of Administrative Law Offenses and Combating Corruption." Allameh Tabataba’i University Strategic Recommendations for Administrative Bodies, 3 3 (2026): 59–70, doi: 10.22054/jicia.2019.20344
VANCOUVER
Jafari A. Legal Anatomy of Administrative Law Offenses and Combating Corruption. JICIA. 2026;3(3):59–70 (In Persian). doi: 10.22054/jicia.2019.20344