International Maritime Organization (IMO) and environmental issues (caused by human activity) in Persian Gulf

At points of geopolitical and energy resources and strategic view, Persian Gulf is considered as an important critical sea in the world, and as a semi-closed sea, has an exclusive ecosystem among world's seas. Regrettably, despite these advantages, now, this gulf is a landfill for very dangerous pollutants, and pollution impacts on environment exacerbated by geographical conditions in Persian Gulf. International Maritime Organization as one of expert organizations of United Nations in environmental phenomenon, is responsible for finding a solution for Persian Gulf's pollution problem by supervision, following up and updating conventions' contents and either codifying new regulations. Declaration of Persian Gulf as a special marine area and codifying other environmental conventions in interaction with Ports and Maritime Organization in Iran, is assessed in this way. The main question of this research is: what role played procedures and mechanisms of International Maritime Organization in preventing Persian Gulf from pollution? And to answer this question, we propound this supposition that by implementing standards and environmental regulations of International Maritime Organization in Persian Gulf's seaports in Iran, Persian Gulf's water is prevented from more pollutions. To aim this goal, we use theoretical framework of neo-liberal institutionalism.