Lexical Ambiguity of Supervision in the Iranian Legal System

Abstract Supervision is always controversial concept, especially in the science of law and management. These disagreements may be rooted in the different interpretations of the relevant Islamic jurisprudential sources, as well as various synonyms used in the English language. In this article, the authors attempt to refine the concept of supervision and Control and consider the most common words which are called in Persian as "supervision". In the context of supervision, the paper concludes that the words that convey the concept of supervision, are supervision when they are ex post and do not lead to intervention. Otherwise, calling them as supervision is incorrect. The concept of supervision is corresponding to explanatory accountability.