Legal Aspects of Attachment of Aircraft under Iranian Law and the International Conventions

Aircraft has strategic status for the states, so that it has been regulated in every respect in both international and national contexts. No one may deny the invaluable role of air transport in the economy of all countries, as any pause in the aircrafts operation may encounter the objection of passengers and businesses and result in vast damage to the society. Therefore, the attachment of aircraft need to be excluded from the general rule of attachment of properties. This necessity, while is unavoidable, may conflict with duties of the general authorities who have to arrest the aircraft in certain conditions, or the rights of patent owners or creditors who have no choice other than to arrest the aircraft in order to enforce their rights. This article analyzes the rules which govern the attachment of aircraft (including administrative attachment, attachment due to patent infringement and precautionary or in-execution attachment) with reliance on international conventions and comparative study of the low of France and England.