the civil liability’s basis of genetically modified foods (transgenic) with comparative study in iran’s law and international instruments

producing genetically­modified­foods plays one of the key roles in addressing the increasing needs for foods. the development and increasing use of gmfoods, despite its benefits and advantages,causes its­own problems and challenges, as well .the exclusive characteristic of these types of products and the human and environment-related effects have made discussion over this issue twice assignificant .among many legal challenges lies the problem of how to determine civil liability’s ­basis of these products that has brought about controversies throughout international instruments and legal systems .available international instruments regarding this issue include the­cartagena­protocol­on­bio-safety,which iran officially joint itin1382;in­addition,nagoya–kualalumpur­supplementary­protocol has been enacted on liability and redress of these products.in this paper, in view of the fact that domestic rules have­not stipulated anything regarding this issue,it’sbeen tried to determine the status of the mentioned issue in international instruments as­well­as obtaining an appropriate basis conforming to iran’s law.byconsidering international instruments and different viewpoints in iran’slaw,strict liability seems to be fitting and complying with both iran’s­law and international instruments.