Interlocutory Order in National and International Arbitration

reason why people tend to refer to it rather than to justice administration court is the protection of the secrets of both parties to the litigation. Nevertheless, in some cases the resort to justice administration court is inevitable in such a way that non-reference to the court can cause irreparable loss, of which the compensation can later be difficult to achieve even if the judgment has been issued in favor of the petitioner. One of the measures which the beneficiary can take to prevent losses from occurrence is to request the interlocutory order which is within court jurisdiction in the national arbitration to be issued after its urgency has been established. Articles 9 and 17 of Iranian law of international trade arbitration approved in 1997 clearly stipulate that the arbitrator is authorized to issue the interlocutory order, whereas the law concerning the procedure of civil proceedings remains silent. Considering the silence of civil proceedings law, this article seeks to answer the questions whether national arbitrators, like international ones, are entitled to issue interlocutory orders? and whether this constitutes arbitration withdrawal if the beneficiary refers to the justice administration court in order to request the interlocutory order?