Diagnosis of consumer rights protection laws in Iran from the perspective of guaranteeing coverage related to consumer rights

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Director of the Domestic Commerce Research Group of the Business Studies and Research Institute

2 Masters student, Department of Islamic Studies and Law, Imam Sadiq University

10.22034/cbsj.2025.141481.2742

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The importance of addressing consumers' rights is rooted in factors such as the dominance of the consumer population over the producer, the high share of consumer spending in the gross domestic product and things like that. This is so important that the United Nations in one of its documents mentions the creation of a specific legal to protect consumers as one of the main stages in the economic development of countries and in this regard, indicators to evaluate the status of consumer rights fulfillment. provided to governmental and non-governmental organizations. One of the requirements to realize the mentioned indicators is the enactment of laws as well as the formation of governing institutions or non-governmental organizations.In the present study, while examining the theoretical foundations and the process of formation of the issue of consumer rights protection, the situation of consumer rights in Iran has been investigated with a descriptive-analytical method. Studies show that there are many laws in the country that are directly and indirectly related to the field of consumer activity . But the way of covering the dimensions of consumer rights by these laws does not have a proper balance. As such, the contribution of laws in the field of the right to education, the right to choose and the right to a healthy environment has received the least attention among other indicators. On the other hand, the laws with a preventive nature against damage to consumers' rights are much more limited compared to the laws dedicated to compensation

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Consumer Behavior Studies Journal
Volume 13, Issue 2
September 2026
Pages 30-59

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