Pathology of the Intensification of Restrictions on Private ownership in Iran from a Jurisprudential and Legal Perspective

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1 Department of low,Sa.c., Islamic azad University, sanandaj, Iran

2 Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3 Department of Law, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

Abstract

Private ownership, as one of the fundamental rights of individuals, plays a pivotal role within the legal system. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the continuing trend of intensifying restrictions and limitations on the right to private ownership—particularly in the realm of land ownership and, more specifically, in the context of agricultural and orchard land-use changes—has encountered complex jurisprudential and legal challenges. This study, adopting a descriptive–analytical approach with a critical perspective, conducts a systematic examination of these limitations. The findings indicate that disproportionate reliance on secondary rules, governmental decrees, and state interventions grounded in control-oriented viewpoints, without due consideration for specific geographical and social circumstances, has led to legislative inflation, conflicting regulations, and disruptions in the private ownership regime. This situation has, in turn, weakened the right of ownership and resulted in the erosion of the economic and social interests of landowners, particularly in rural and less-developed areas. Drawing on jurisprudential foundations and legal principles, the study emphasizes the necessity of re-examining the presuppositions of political jurisprudence and redefining the balance between public interests and private ownership rights, and it proposes measures to enhance the stability and effectiveness of the legal framework governing land ownership.

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Civil Jurisprudence Doctrines

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Available Online from 06 October 2025

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