<p class="reg-lead">Results Management Directive of the Iran National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) — the instrument that sets out the procedure for domestic doping cases, from receipt of the report of a violation through to the final decision.</p>

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<tr><td>Enabling basis</td><td>Charter of the National Anti-Doping Organisation, approved <b>16 July 2014</b> by the Ministry of Sport and Youth</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parent instrument</td><td>"IRAN-NADO Anti-Doping Rules" (<b>IRAN-NADO Anti-Doping Rules</b>)</td></tr>
<tr><td>WADA approval</td><td><b>14 January 2015</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Stated purpose</td><td>To set out a <b>fair and just</b> hearing process in cases of violation</td></tr>
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<h2>What this directive determines</h2>
<p>Article 1 defines the scope: the addressees of this directive are the national federations and each of the members or bodies affiliated to a national federation in Iran — including athletes, athlete support personnel, and any club, team, association or sporting group. The results management process begins upon receipt of cases of violation and continues until a <strong>final decision</strong> is issued.</p>
<p>Article 2 takes the definition of doping from the rules of the Organisation and enumerates the forms of violation: the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete's sample; use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method; and evading, refusing or failing to submit to sample collection.</p>
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<h2>One provision that is repeatedly disputed<span class="reg-tag">Clause 1-2</span></h2>
<p>The directive states expressly that the Organisation's anti-doping rules, like the rules of competition, are <strong>sporting rules</strong>, and that the athlete is required to accept them as one of the conditions of participating in competition. It then states more explicitly that these rules <strong>are not drafted on the basis of criminal or employment law</strong> and that their sanctions do not fall within the category of civil or criminal penalties; they relate solely to the rules governing participation in sporting competition.</p>
<p>This distinction bears directly on the defence: principles that are taken for granted in criminal proceedings do not always operate in the same way in doping proceedings, and conversely, a sporting suspension applies independently of any possible criminal prosecution.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Every athlete in Iran whose sample has returned a positive result, and every federation or club with a role in the process, falls within the scope of this directive. For sports lawyers, this text is the road map of the domestic proceedings and must be read together with the "IRAN-NADO Anti-Doping Rules", because the directive itself states that any interpretation required is governed by that body of rules.</p>
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Results Management Directive of the Iran National Anti-Doping Organization (IRI-NADO) – 2015 edition

<p class="reg-lead">Persian translation of the World Anti-Doping Code, 2015 edition — a rendering prepared by Iran's National Anti-Doping Organisation and acknowledged by the World Anti-Doping Agency.</p>

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<tr><td>Source document</td><td>World Anti-Doping Code (<b>WADA Code</b>) — 2015 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Translator</td><td>National Anti-Doping Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td><b>152 pages</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><b>Unofficial</b> translation — in the event of a conflict, the English text governs</td></tr>
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<h2>What is this document?</h2>
<p>The title of this record previously described it as the "National Anti-Doping Organisation's anti-doping rules"; the text, however, is a Persian translation of the <strong>World Anti-Doping Code</strong>, not the internal rules of the organisation. The first page of the document itself states this expressly: the official texts of the Code are published by the World Anti-Doping Agency in English and French, and <strong>in the event of any conflict or discrepancy in the present translation, the English text shall govern</strong>.</p>
<p>This provision has direct significance in actual cases: an argument built on a difference in wording between the Persian translation and the English text is rejected on the basis of that same sentence.</p>
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<h2>The 2015 edition and its status today</h2>
<p>The World Anti-Doping Code is the foundational instrument of the anti-doping system: the definition of doping, the list of violations, the burden of proof, results management, sanctions and appeals. The 2015 edition came into force in January of that year and remained the governing text until the end of 2020; from January 2021 a new edition replaced it, adding concepts such as "minor violations" and distinct treatment of "substances of abuse".</p>
<p>This text therefore governs cases concerning events occurring between 2015 and 2020, and its present-day value is primarily educational and comparative.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Athletes, team physicians and lawyers who wish to read the structure of the World Anti-Doping Code. For reliance in a case, the edition governing at the time of the events and its English text must always be taken as authoritative.</p>
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Notes related to the tag نادو

Results Management Directive of the Iran National Anti-Doping Organization (IRI-NADO)

Persian translation of the World Anti-Doping Code 2015 — Iran NADO