Legal System of Water Resources Pollution in Iran

Considering the recent concerns about the water quality, the present study with a library and document method attempts to present a descriptive and legal analytic methodology to evaluate law policy in Iran regarding qualitative protection of water resources. The study also tries to alert water authorities regarding the water pollution offenses. Evaluating of the rules on water resources pollution in Article 50 of the constitution, perspective document, and other rules for environmental protection, it is evident that authorities and people are seriously concerned about this important issue but nonetheless the country is encountered serious environmental challenges including water resources pollution. Different factors including the rules, general verdicts, lack of unified law, not using experts in formulation of rules, interfering rules, lack of punishment, lack of interaction between key institutes, ignoring the role of non-state organizations, and lack of norms in the society are listed as causes for unsuccessfulness of the legal protection of water resources quality. To avoid these offenses, imprisonment and fines should be considered for the offenders and a special law should be dedicated to the crimes of water pollution.