University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 10 2 2020 01 21 Examining the Ambiguities and Challenges of Article 637 Tazirat Act During Sentencing and the Enforcement of Punishments with the Approach to the Practice of Criminal Courts Examining the Ambiguities and Challenges of Article 637 Tazirat Act During Sentencing and the Enforcement of Punishments with the Approach to the Practice of Criminal Courts 55 84 3885 10.22124/jol.2019.11092.1564 FA Majid Sadeghnejad Naeiny Assistant Prof., Department of Law, Hakim Sabzevari University. Journal Article 2018 08 15 The offence which is clarified in Article 637 of Tazirat Act 1998 is about illegitimate relationship and the practice of chastity - not illegal intercourse-. The legislature has expressed that the punishment of this crime is lash. Two criminal headings in this Article are so vague and Interpretable. This causes different verdicts in similar cases and because of that the courts don’t have similar case law in this sphere. The result of this descriptive-analytic research is that the case of covetousness (intercourse of naked man and woman) according to the jurisprudential views and narratives can be considered as written ta'zir. But the practice of chastity which is not related to physical contact can not be regarded as written ta'zir. The offence which is clarified in Article 637 of Tazirat Act 1998 is about illegitimate relationship and the practice of chastity - not illegal intercourse-. The legislature has expressed that the punishment of this crime is lash. Two criminal headings in this Article are so vague and Interpretable. This causes different verdicts in similar cases and because of that the courts don’t have similar case law in this sphere. The result of this descriptive-analytic research is that the case of covetousness (intercourse of naked man and woman) according to the jurisprudential views and narratives can be considered as written ta'zir. But the practice of chastity which is not related to physical contact can not be regarded as written ta'zir. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_3885_126e30d01f4ac4779bc7ea4be9fec13a.pdf