A study on litigation methods in the history of Iranian law

Among the issues that have been raised since the beginning of human history and have continued throughout the history of law in various legal systems, is the issue of the realization of rights. In Iran, since ancient times, the methods of realizing the right have been numerous and varied. This is a topic that has been mentioned in various sources and in various tests. Therefore, in this article, with a descriptive-analytical method, litigation methods in Iran from the beginning until now have been studied. This study seeks to answer these questions: What were the methods of litigation in ancient and Islamic Iran? Did these methods continue with the transfer of power in the post-Islamic period? Or by replacing the Islamic legal system with a system? Zoroastrian law, new methods were invented? The findings indicate that a combination of litigation methods such as: public burden, paper clothes, chains of justice, the king riding a horse, red clothes or thick clothes that existed in ancient times, It has continued in the Islamic era as well. Of course, after the acceptance of Islam, other methods of litigation such as: calling the call to prayer, installing the justice fund, sending telegraphs, etc. were considered to realize the right. Therefore, some of the methods of realizing the right in the history of post-Islamic Iranian law are signature and some are founding.