Civil Obligation Due to Revoking Offer and Preliminary Agreement

In Iran civil law and other statutes, there are no clear texts about pre-contract liability. In the case of requirement in jurisprudence, common rights and international goods’ convention (Vienna 1980), it is stated that, revoking offer does not cause any obligation, unless the preservation of the offer is, whether explicitly or implicitly, imperative. About the preliminary agreement, it should be mentioned that, in the case that one of the two parties of the agreement revoke the offer, according to the common civil responsibility law he or she is responsible. In fact, after the crime being proved, causality relation and the damage sustained to the other party،, prejudicial is responsible, although the final contract has not been made. Therefore, individuals’ liberty in revoking offer and preliminary agreement does not mean their responsibility obviation to compensate for the harm, and in case of having the conditions for making that person responsible, it is possible to do so.