Legislation |
Decree-Law, 21 July 1973 |
Act on the Marine Areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea, 1993 |
Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material |
with Bahrain |
Agreement concerning Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Iran and Bahrain, 17 June 1971 (entry into force: 14 May 1972; registration #: 11838; registration date: 9 June 1972; ) |
with Oman |
Agreement concerning Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Iran and Oman , 25 July 1974 (entry into force: 28 May 1975; registration #: 14085; registration date: 24 June 1975; ) |
, 26 May 2015 (entry into force: 4 September 2016; registration #: 54173; registration date: 18 January 2017; ) |
with Qatar |
Agreement concerning the boundary line dividing the continental shelf between Iran and Qatar, 20 September 1969 (entry into force: 10 May 1970; registration #: 11197; registration date: 8 July 1971; ) |
with Saudi Arabia |
Agreement concerning the sovereignty over the islands of Al-'Arabiyah and Farsi and the delimitation of the boundary line separating submarine areas between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran (with exchanges of letters, map and English translation), 24 October 1968 (entry into force: 29 January 1969; registration #: 9976; registration date: 27 October 1969; ) |
with United Arab Emirates |
Offshore Boundary Agreement between Iran and Dubai, 31 August 1974 |
Other communications |
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - Joint Note Verbale dated 25 January 2011 |
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - Joint Note Verbale dated 15 December 2011 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Note Verbale dated 25 January 2012 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Note Verbale dated 14 August 2012 |
Saudi Arabia - Letter dated 19 October 2012 with two attached memorandums Arabic | English | French | English |
Letter dated 21 November 2012 from the Permanent Representatives of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 8 January 2013 from the Permanent Representatives of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 20 February 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 20 February 2013 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Note verbale dated 14 March 2013 from the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 25 July 2014 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Note Verbale dated 3 August 2015 |
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - Joint Note Verbale transmitted on 23 September 2015 |
Saudi Arabia: Note Verbale transmitted on 16 December 2015: Arabic | English |
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Note Verbale dated 21 April 2016: English | French |
Letter dated 8 September 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Note verbale dated 27 December 2016 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 5 January 2017 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council |
United Arab Emirates: Note verbale dated 7 October 2017 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Note Verbale dated 21 December 2017: English | French |
Note verbale dated 9 May 2018 from the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Note verbale dated 5 July 2018 from the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Note verbale dated 31 August 2018 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General |
Letter dated 20 July 2019 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. |
Letter dated 23 July 2019 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
Letter dated 27 June 2019 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
: Letter dated 9 August 2019 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Letter dated 19 August 2019 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Identical letters dated 31 January 2022 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Note verbale dated 23 May 2022 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
: Note verbale dated 9 January 2023 from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
Letter dated 7 August 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
Letter dated 17 August 2023 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
: Identical letters dated 22 August 2023 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Letter dated 24 January 2024 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. |
: Identical letters dated 18 July 2024 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Identical letters dated 23 July 2024 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council. |
: Letter dated 13 August 2024 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. |