During the Iran–Iraq War, the Iranian authorities emphasized that Iraqi combatants who were hors de combat were well treated on the basis of Islamic law. 

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army Penal and Procedure Code (1939) states that “anyone who hurts [an] injured or ill military [person] who cannot defend him/herself or treats him/her cruelly [shall] be sentenced to solitary imprisonment from two to 10 years”.