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en The Method of Judicial Prosecution Response to Iranian Women victimized Overseas The Method of Judicial Prosecution Response to Iranian Women victimized Overseas پژوهشي Original Article Victimization of women is a widespread and serious issue which is mainly imposed by the dominant biological - psychological, social and cultural structures on women’s life; therefore, it is of great importance in criminal law. This is a serious obstacle for the social, scientific and cultural development of women which makes them more vulnerable; and only by reducing and controlling this issue, it is possible to think about women’s development, and then according to the main role of women in family and society, it is feasible to think about development of society. In this case, reasonable and thoughtful approaches should be considered as a proper criminal policy. One of these approaches is to remedy the deficient supportive role of law; and as a consequence to promote legal support - not only political support - for victimized women at the international level. In other words, one way to prevent and reduce the victimization of women is to provide protection for this vulnerable group outside their country. In the present paper, according to “Passive Personality Principle”, as is accepted by Article 8 of the Islamic Penal Code of 2013, there is a review of the legal process of prosecution response for Iranian women victimized overseas, also, the authors have provides a detailed explanation on the conditions of applying this Article. Please cite this article as: Mirmohammad Sadeghi H, Izadyar A. The Method of Judicial Prosecution Response to Iranian Women victimized Overseas. Iran J Med Law 2017; 10(39): 49-59.   Victimization of women is a widespread and serious issue which is mainly imposed by the dominant biological - psychological, social and cultural structures on women’s life; therefore, it is of great importance in criminal law. This is a serious obstacle for the social, scientific and cultural development of women which makes them more vulnerable; and only by reducing and controlling this issue, it is possible to think about women’s development, and then according to the main role of women in family and society, it is feasible to think about development of society. In this case, reasonable and thoughtful approaches should be considered as a proper criminal policy. One of these approaches is to remedy the deficient supportive role of law; and as a consequence to promote legal support - not only political support - for victimized women at the international level. In other words, one way to prevent and reduce the victimization of women is to provide protection for this vulnerable group outside their country. In the present paper, according to “Passive Personality Principle”, as is accepted by Article 8 of the Islamic Penal Code of 2013, there is a review of the legal process of prosecution response for Iranian women victimized overseas, also, the authors have provides a detailed explanation on the conditions of applying this Article. Please cite this article as: Mirmohammad Sadeghi H, Izadyar A. The Method of Judicial Prosecution Response to Iranian Women victimized Overseas. Iran J Med Law 2017; 10(39): 49-59.   Victimization of Women, Criminal Justice Support, International Criminal Law, Personality Principle, Victim’s Nationality Victimization of Women, Criminal Justice Support, International Criminal Law, Personality Principle, Victim’s Nationality 49 59 http://ijmedicallaw.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-364&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi 10031947532846006309 10031947532846006309 No Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, President of the Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, President of the Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Ali Izadyar Ali Izadyar Izadyara@yahoo.com 10031947532846006310 10031947532846006310 Yes PhD Candidate in Criminal Law and Criminology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author) PhD Candidate in Criminal Law and Criminology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author)