I live at Iran. I would like to know if downloading films, like Hollywood films, via internet is illegal, if I don't pay money to the owner?


I'm asking because I read [this](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb7k8j/its-illegal-to-pirate-films-in-iran-unless-youre-the-government):



> 
> Iran's copyright law does not protect authors outside of Iran either.
> While Iran is a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation
> (WIPO), a specialized United Nations agency tasked with promoting the
> protection of global intellectual property, it has never signed the
> WIPO copyright treaty, nor any other international copyright
> agreements that would make infringing copyrights of foreigners
> unlawful.
> 
> 
> 


If downloading is legal under Iranian law, is it illegal under international law, or perhaps under spiritual or religious law?


Thanks.



Does copyright law apply if I download films in Iran?