COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMMITMENT TO THE THIRD PARTY WITH INHERITANCE AND PENSION

Recalling to Article 2 (16) of Iran Social Security Law approved in 1975, the pension is a sum that is insured consideration paid of premium and in case of death, it is paid to the survivors for providing their subsistence. This definition is similar in some ways to a commitment to a third party and in other ways to inheritance. However, there are many differences between these legal entities. The obligation to a third party remains a pension because the third party benefits from it, but it differs from the pension mentioned in the Social Security Law in aspects such as the origin of the creation or the subject or legal framework defined for it. On the other hand, the last part of paragraph 16 of the above article is similar to inheritance, including that the survivor will not necessarily be the heir. In the present article, in the first part, the legal nature of the obligation to a third party with the inheritance and pension and in the second part, the difference between these three institutions will be explained.