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Timestamp: 2019-09-23 07:54:27
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 139', 'Art. 9', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 488', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 57', 'Art. 60', 'Art. 58', 'Art. 188', 'Art. 3']

(Source: 'Single Article Law on Accession of Islamic Republic of Iran to New York Convention for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards dated 10 June 1958', published in the Official Gazette of Iran No. 16374 (29.02.1380) 19 May 2001 (hereinafter 'Single Article Law on Accession'), whereby the Iranian Parliament authorized the Government of Iran to accede to the New York Convention.)
Note: Iran has made what is a kind of additional reservation under Art. 139 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding public and State property.
(Source: Single Article Law on Accession, endnote.)
(i) Single Article Law on Accession, incorporating and enacting the New York Convention;
(ii) International Commercial Arbitration Law, Official Gazette No. 15335, 19 Oct. 1997;
(iii) Civil Procedure Law, Official Gazette No. 16070, 1 May 2000;
(iv) Law on the Enforcement of Civil Judgments, 23 Oct. 1977;
(v) Criminal Procedure Law, Official Gazette No. 15911, 10 Oct. 1999.
According to the Iranian Civil Code, accession to the New York Convention means that its provisions have become part of Iran's statute law.
(Source: Civil Code, Art. 9: 'Treaties which have been concluded between the Iranian Government and other governments in accordance with the Constitutional Law shall have the force of law.')
(i) If the claim on which the award rules concerns immovable property in Iran, the court in whose jurisdiction that immovable property is located; otherwise: (ii) the court in whose jurisdiction the respondent's domicile is situated; (iii) if the respondent has no domicile in Iran, the court in whose jurisdiction the respondent has a temporary residence; (iv) if the respondent has no such temporary residence in Iran, the court in whose jurisdiction the respondent has immovable property; (v) if there is no such immovable property, the court in whose jurisdiction the applicant's domicile is situated.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law of 2000, Arts. 11 and 488.)
The applicant must have a legal interest in seeking enforcement of the award.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law of 2000, Art. 2.)
The writ of execution is granted through ex parte proceedings, with no hearing required.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law of 2000, Art. 488.)
No. The court's decision granting recognition and enforcement is in practice normally made in the form of a writ of execution and as such is not subject to any form of recourse or appeal. If there is an error in the issuance of a writ of execution, the court that issued the writ can revoke or rectify it.
(Source: Law on the Enforcement of Civil Judgments, Art. 11.)
If a court opts to make its decision (especially denying recognition and enforcement) in the form of an order or a judgment, such order or judgment will be subject to appeal in accordance with the general rules for appeals.
The law is not clear; only the 'judgments' and certain 'orders' of the courts may be appealed to the revision/appeal court. Under the general principles of procedural law, a party may appeal to the court of revision (appeal court) of the relevant province if the court decision granting or denying enforcement is issued in the form of a judgment or an order. The appeal court's decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law of 2000.)
Attachment/freezing of the respondent's assets is possible from the date of notification of the writ of execution.
(Source: Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments, Note to Art. 35.)
Execution against assets may be obtained after the expiry of 10 days from the date on which the respondent was officially notified of the writ of execution.
(Source: Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments, Arts. 34 and 41.)
(i) duly authenticated original award or a duly certified copy thereof; (ii) original arbitration agreement or a duly certified copy thereof.
It is not clear due to lack of precedent. The main applicable regulation is Art. IV of the New York Convention, which has been adopted into Iranian domestic law.
The applicant can file either original or duly certified copies of the documents.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law, Art. 57.)
Generally, two copies are sufficient, but if there is more than one respondent the applicant must file an additional copy for each additional respondent.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law, Art. 60.)
Persian (Farsi), Iran's official language.
(Source: Constitution of Iran, Rule 15.)
Yes, it is necessary to provide a Persian translation of each document, certified by an official translator or by a diplomatic or consular agent of Iran.
(Source: Civil Procedure Law, Art. 58.)
It is not clear, as there are no express statutory provisions and no precedents. Usually, the entire document must be translated.
None. The concept of forum non conveniens is not known in the Iranian legal system.
The court can, at its discretion and also if the applicant so requests, grant a stay of legal proceedings for recognition and enforcement conditional on the provision of appropriate security.
The general rule is that civil proceedings are public unless the parties agree otherwise.
(Sources: Civil Procedure Law; Constitution of Iran, Rule 165.)
If the case involves an issue of national security or confidential government information, then the court may decide that the documents filed be kept confidential. In practice, the documents filed in all legal proceedings are confidential.
(Source: Criminal Procedure Law, Art. 188.)
As a general rule, all hearings are public unless the parties request otherwise. There is usually no hearing for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, unless the court needs some explanation from the parties.
(Source: Constitution of Iran, Rule 165.)
There are no statutory provisions requiring or preventing the publication of judgments or court decisions, including those on the enforcement of foreign awards. In the event of publication, the practice is to omit names and other particulars of the parties.
There are no specific regulations on the recognition and enforcement of interim or partial foreign awards. Insofar as the arbitral decision can be qualified as an award, it is subject to the general rules of enforcement.
The law is considered to be the same for the enforcement of non-monetary as for monetary foreign awards.
An applicant is considered to be free to request the recognition and enforcement of only part of the relief granted in a foreign award. The court is not prohibited from enforcing part of an award if the applicant so requests.
There is no basis for recognizing and enforcing foreign awards that have been set aside by the competent authority referred to in Art. V(1)(e) of the New York Convention.
(Source: New York Convention, Art. V(1).)
The law is not clear in this respect, but it is the practice of some courts to require stamp duties amounting to IRR 500,000 (approx. 30 euros at the current exchange rate) for the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
(Source: Law on the Collection of Government Income, dated 1373 (1994), Art. 3(22).)