Signature of the contract on the development of the Azadegan oilfield, worth $2.8 billion and with an estimated capacity of 36 billion barrels, will guarantee the energy security of Japan for 20 years.

Signature of the contract on the development of the Azadegan oilfield, worth $2.8 billion and with an estimated capacity of 36 billion barrels, will guarantee the energy security of Japan for 20 years. The deal is so important that it would have been proper for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to participate in the signing ceremonies himself.

Signature of the contract on the development of the Azadegan oilfield, worth $2.8 billion and with an estimated capacity of 36 billion barrels, will guarantee the energy security of Japan for 20 years. The deal is so important that it would have been proper for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to participate in the signing ceremonies himself.

According to article 7 of the Civil Code of Iran foreign nationals resident in Iranian territory shall with in the limits laid down by treaties, be bound by the laws and decrees of the Government to which they are subject in questions relating to their personal status and capacity, and similarly in questions relating to rights of inheritance

According to the Iranian Law the mortgage is a real contract which its conclusion is subject to the transfer of the property to the possession of the mortgagee.

The situation of Science and Technology in Iran has been examined and surveyed and the analytical results have been compared with those of other countries on the basis of indices approved by the Cultural High Council in five sectors i.e. in human, fiscal, structural, operational and efficiency sectors during the years 1375 (1996), 1377 (1998), and 1379 (2000).