The Right of the Child to Have a Family in Iran: Analysis of Committed Documents in the Islamic World and International Arena

The main purpose of the current research is to identify what and how the right of children to have a family is in the official documents committed by Iran at the level of the Islamic world and internationally. The current research approach is qualitative and the research method is document analysis.

The current research approach is qualitative and the research method is document analysis.

The findings indicate that in the field of family rights, Iran's laws, Shariah rulings and the Covenant of Children's Rights in Islam, which Iran adheres to base on Islamic-Shia culture and regional commitments of the Islamic world, The Convention on the Rights of the Child is also the reference and determining policy for children's rights at the international level or "global community", which Iran has committed to since the early 70s.

The results show that having a family is one of the most important and basic rights for a child and the realization of many of the child's rights depends on the institution of the family, but when the child is deprived of family for various reasons, the government is obliged to take care of the child and creating an institution that replaces the family for him; Regarding the replacement of the family, there are differences of opinion between the commitments of the Islamic world and the international level, of course, none of them can be considered absolute right or wrong, but both sides have their pros and cons, which are partially explained in the course of the text were analyzed, but definitely in the two mentioned cases, the society of Iran will be different based on its social and cultural contexts compared to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.