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Following many arguments and disputations at the result of extended tensions between the different states on the limits of jurisdiction and sovereignty over the seas finally The third international conference, held in Jamaica 1982, succeeded in adopting final document of conference under the title of" Convention of International Law of the Sea."
This convention can only come into effect if 60 parliaments of different nations put their final seal. So far now more than 70 parliaments have announced their approval.
The most comprehensive law on maritime areas in Iran was approved in 1993 by Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis). Furthermore a stipulation, approved by Iranian government in 1973 on defining of the coastal baseline has been included in the 1993 law.
The main purposes of this paper are:
1. Comparing the IRILMA (1982) and UNCLS (1982).
2. Specifying limits of the maritime areas in the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman.
3. Determining the similarities, differences and conflicting items of IRILMA and UNCLS.
4. Anticipating the probable conflicts between IRI and other nations due to the enforcement of the Iranian law.
5. Presenting the base proposal for resolving probable disputes and conflicts.

Keywords: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982, The IRI's Law of Maritime Areas in the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman, Interior waters ,Territorial sea ,The Base line of the territorial sea