IRAN 4

Civil Court, Specialized Commercial Branch, Tehran, Chamber 141, 16 December 2020

(Corporation A v. Corporation B)

16 - 12 - 2020

IRAN 4

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. XLVII (2022)
Jurisdiction Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Summary

The Court dismissed without prejudice a request to enforce a foreign arbitral award. It explained that Iranian law and the New York Convention mandated that the claimant seek the award’s recognition prior to seeking its enforcement. The claimant was free to file a new application. 
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The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.

Procedure for enforcement in general
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