Lack of national law in iran, the main obstacle for private sector in space activities

Abstract

Space base activities can be considered as a major part of communication infrastructure in any big economy. Furthermore space activities in Iran have been exclusively developed by the public sector in the past few decades. The economy is developing and is becoming more sophisticated. It seems that if Iran can follow its development trend, it would need to develop its space base activities with higher speed. It seems that the government can not afford to keep this sector in public domain any more. Therefore the government must promote the private sector to play a major role in the development of space base activities. Having a National Policy and a National Legislation in each state are essential for development of space base activities for benefit of the society and encouragement of private sector to play a major role in the development of space activities. Same as many other developing countries Iran has no official approved National Policy or National Legislation in respect to the space activities. This study tries to find out what are the main obstacles for development of space base activities in Iran especially by the private sector and shed some light on the area which should be considered by the Iranian government, especially in establishment of its National Policy and National Legislation for space based activities.