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The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressly stipulates in Article 3 that physical education is one of the most important vehicles for achieving the goals of the state and the government has been obliged to utilize it in this respect.
The islamic penal law being inspired by this provision of the Constitution and provides in Article 59 that the accidents resulting from sport activities are not considered as an offense, provided
that the said activities do not entail transgression of the rules of the sport and the decrees of the religion. Hence, the jurisprudential judgements (Shariat), fatwas, advisory opinions, doctrines and judicial precedents have provided varyIng perspectives on this issue. This article addresses various discussions on the above subjects.