Time of Taking Permission for Referal to Arbitration under Principe 139 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Light of Judicial Precedent

Abstract The referral of claims regarding public and governmental properties to arbitration, according to the Principle of 139 of the Constitution and Article 457 of the Iranian Civil Rules of Procedure and Evidence, is subject to the ratification of the cabinet and information of the Islamic Majlis. This limitation has made some challenges, in particular, in the field of international trade and investment. One of the ways for overcoming these challenges is to know when to take the permission for referral of the claim to arbitration regarding properties mentioned in the Principle 139. The time of the conclusion of the contract or inclusion of arbitration clause in the contract is not significant. This article tried, in a descriptive-analytical method, to justify that the time of taking permission for referral of the claims stated in the Principle 139 to arbitration is from the happening of dispute to the final phase of arbitration process and the execution of the award not the time of the conclusion of the contract. Key Words: Arbitration, Principle 139, Public and governmental properties, Claim, the Time of Taking Permission for Referral of the Claim to Arbitration