Anyone who practises law in Iran needs a licence from the Iranian Bar Association. The route we found assumes an Iranian law degree, a provincial bar exam and a traineeship. We could not find a source on foreign lawyers or non-citizens.
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For: Graduates of Iranian law schools.
This comes from a general guide and a press report on the process. The route does not describe foreign-qualified applicants.
We could not confirm a route or any home-law-only status for foreign lawyers in Iran. Foreign clients are served by Iranian lawyers.
Iran belongs to the Religious (Islamic) law is a leading source family. Knowing how its system works makes the admission route easier to follow.
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