Illegal possession, nuisance and obstruction of right-of-way, also known in Iran jurisdiction as possession actions or triple actions, are among those lawsuits that have brought many cases to Iran courts. Legislative support for a criminal prosecution for these lawsuits on the one hand and the advantages of proceeding without due process and out of court litigation on the other hand encourages individuals to file such lawsuits. The basis of the law's support for these lawsuits is the maintenance of social order, and the requirements for recognizing these claims are Articles 159 to 160 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In this article, the elements and criteria for identifying these cases and their common rules are analyzed and criticized within the context of a judgment rendered by one of the Branches of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran, which illustrates how the judiciary inferred the status of each casee.
