Significant Barriers to U.S. Exports Exports from the U.S. to Iran are prohibited. After a 90-day implementation period, the sanctions took full effect on August 6, 1995. Iran is not a member of the World Trade Organization. Export Subsidies Policies Not applicable. Protection of U.S. Intellectual Property Iran is not a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization, but is a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
Patent protection is below the level of protection in the United States.
Iran has not adhered to any of the international copyright conventions. Worker Rights a. Although the Labor Code grants workers the right to establish unions, there are no independent unions. A national organization known as the Worker's House, founded in 1982, is the sole authorized national labor organization. It serves primarily as a conduit for government control.