Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Iran?
Banned
Physical punishment for students is forbidden in Iranian schools under executive regulations and protection laws.
Iran is one of 41 countries classified “Banned” for corporal punishment in schools — 84% of the 49 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: School corporal punishment
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- United Arab Emirates
- Banned A 1998 federal law banned corporal punishment in all public and private schools.
- Pakistan
- Varies by region National ban failed, but some provinces like Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have banned it.
- Israel
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned in Israeli schools by court rulings and the Pupils' Rights Law.
- Ukraine
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned by the Constitution and the Law on Education, with dismissal for teachers who use it.
- Moldova
- Banned The Education Act of 2008 prohibits all corporal punishment in schools.
- Greece
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned in all Greek schools, with the ban extended to secondary schools in 2005.
Other laws in Iran
- Death Penalty
- Retained / in use
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- Military Conscription
- Active conscription
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