Introduction.

After years of effort, hard work, and spending a lot of money to establish a production-agricultural unit, when the bank verifies the ownership document of his agricultural land from the Registration Organization, the registration response states that one quarter of the mentioned property has been declared null and void by the Endowment Organization and registered in its own name!
It’s as if the sky has suddenly fallen on his head. Confused and helpless, he doesn’t know what to do. He is forced to go to the Endowment Organization to resolve the issue, and there he pours his heart out to the director of the Endowment Organization and says, “We are a few families with some young people, and our only hope and solution for making a living is this production project that we have been pursuing for more than two years. And now, with the situation that has arisen, we cannot establish any facilities on that land or put it in the bank as collateral to obtain a loan.”
His words are met with

A brief look at endowments and religious endowments in the Islamic Republic.

Throughout history, endowments have become a source of misfortune for the people of Iran, threatening their lives in various ways. In recent years, the Endowment Organization has been using the excuse of endowments and endowments to cancel thousands of ownership documents from different segments of the population throughout the country, further burdening the lives of the people day by day.

This practice began in the year 1984, after the first round of the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a law to cancel documents of sale of properties, water and endowments. Since then, it has been implemented with great speed and continues to this day.

What is an endowment and what are its institutions?

An endowment is an arrangement in which individuals donate a portion or all of their properties and assets for a humanitarian and charitable purpose, stating their intention for this donation. Once a property is donated, it becomes non-transferable. This is a general definition of endowments, while the specific details and

The evolution and changes of land ownership from a historical perspective.

With a brief look at the history of changes in land ownership in Iran over the past centuries, we will realize that it is not fair or accurate to determine the true owner of any land, especially those that are currently claimed by the Waqf (religious endowment) under the pretext of being dedicated to God. It is not hidden that the history of land ownership has had various tragic stories and changes, and there is no doubt that land ownership has always been determined by force and in various forms throughout the past eras.

No one has created land in order to claim ownership of it, so throughout history we see that land ownership has undergone various changes and transformations. At one time, lands were managed under a system called “Siorgal”. Then the era of feudalism began, followed by the feudal and feudal ownership of lands, which has always changed and taken on a different form with the victory of one group over another and the emergence of new classes. One thing cannot be denied or forgotten