Administrative Code of Procedure in Iran; Course of Developments

Administration of justice in the society requires a law-governed relationship between government and people. One of the ways ensuring this law- governed relationship is giving to citizens the right to complain about the decisions made by administrative and governmental officials, which is referred to as administrative procedure. Although some rules and regulations were passed in this regard before the Islamic Revolution, no firm decision was taken to put this subject into practice. However, due to the establishment of the Court of Administrative Justice and other administrative authorities, after the victory of Islamic Revolution special attention was given to it. The present paper introduces a brief account of the rules and regulations of administrative procedure and the course of its development in Iran.