Punitive Damages in Iranian Legal System

This article, first, provides that, in Iran’s legal system, the principle is that all damages are compensated and any loss is restored to its previous situation. The article, then, argues that the courts in Iran do not consider punitive damages in their judgments but alternative remedies such as blood money and liquidated damages are provided in civil and criminal codes. However, none of these solutions can replace the punitive damages.Legislature first recognizes punitive damages in the amendment of the Act of the Jurisdiction of the Iranian Courts in Civil Cases against Foreign States (1379), and ultimately confirms it in the Act of the Jurisdiction of the Iranian Courts in Civil Cases against Foreign States (1390), In response to judgments in countries where punitive damages were decided against Iran.