Illegally Property Acquisition in the Perspective of Specific Criminal Law and Public Criminal Law

The crises of the early 1981s, which occurred mainly due to the consequences of the revolution and war, had significantly affected the economic status of the society. The exorbitant costs of war caused the government to fail to bear the heavy burden of managing the countries affairs alone, despite many efforts made to do that. Therefore, this situation made the government propose the idea of public participation in managing affairs, especially economy.  In this vein, instead of stewardship of affairs, the government decided to help the qualified parsons participate in launching the wheels of the industry and economy. This decision led to the people's properties and the country's economy abuses by avaricious persons. The increasingly growth and spread of crimes against properties and the necessity to fight this type of threats to financial rights of individuals caused lawyers and criminologists to help legislator and legislate a crime titled «illegally property acquisition » in addition to Article 2 of punishment intensification law for perpetrators of embezzlement, bribery, and fraud approved in 1988. In this paper, the crime of illegally property acquisition has been identified in details and the legal dimensions of this crime in Iranian criminal laws are explained. Considering research objective, it is an applied study whose material were analyzed and compiled via library study using authored books and papers.