Consequences of Covid 19 on Administrative Contracts

Since 2019, human social life has been confronted with the globalproblem of "Covid 19". This, of course, has led to problems for publicaffairs, including the field of contracts, as part of public affairs has been shutdown or partially shut down as a result. One of the most importantconsequences of such a situation has been the crisis in the relations betweenthe contracting parties, which will undoubtedly increase in the future. Thepresent article, realizing such importance, has discussed this issue in theIranian legal system. In this regard, this article seeks to answer the questionof what the consequences of "Covid-19" are on the administrative contracts.In answer to this question, an attempt has been made to answer it using theresearch method descriptive-analytical. The hypothesis of the presentarticle has been that in the current situation, Coronavirus has faced theexcuse of implementing some administrative contracts: "force majeure" and"unpredictable matters". In the end, it is concluded that, firstly, someadministrative contracts have faced the phenomenon of "force majeure" as aresult of the Covid-19 crisis, and therefore have faced the challenge oftemporary suspension to permanent suspension. Second, some of thesecontracts face the phenomenon of "unpredictability" because of Covid-19and it is worthwhile for the government to make a strategic and fundamentaldecision as soon as possible and without delay as to how to deal with thisdeadly virus, before the Covid-19 crisis triggers other crises.