In the late 1990’s the world confronted some fundamental and structural transformations due to two phenomena: “globalization” and “Information and Communication Technology”.Economists called the result of these two phenomena as the “novel Economy”.The last breakthroughs in Information and Communication Technology have caused many changes in global Commerce, and therefore in many activities such as business, economy, banking, customs and so on.In this paper, firstly, the author reviews the definition of the concepts of communication technology, Commerce, and e-Commerce. He explains electronic models and successful experiences in e-Commerce. Regarding the inevitability and advantages of the e-Commerce, he studies the need and the appropriate infrastructure for, and the challenges of developing the e-Commerce in the Islamic Republic of Iran.And finally, the author emphasizes making the operating systems indigenous in order to protect the dignity and independence of the country.

In ancient period, Iran was applied to the country which had dominated on extensive ristrict of west and east teritories. Since of benifiting from this geographical location, not only established a relation between west and east empires, but also most cultures and sciences of the time were influnced deeply. Excessive intrest of Iranian to commercial affairs caused to procure different facilities and installation as well as security for road ways. The course of this roads passed from Euphrates and Tigris rivers to Harah, Nasibane then reached to Sardes and Efce. The lenght of this long road reached to 2683 kilometers. About 111 stations or carvanserais were equipped with spare horses for messengers. This course was travelled in 90 days by commercial carevans. The first jounzey of political boards from China court was headed by Chezan Naissan to the court of Iran accomplished in 228 years B.C. During the time of the Ashkanian second merdad chines silk from the road entitled silkroad, from north of Iran was despatched to the Roman empire.

One of the important developments during the recent decades has been the emergence of Internet. Its impact has been very vast covering numerous fields including international Commerce. The economic dimensions and legal aspects of this innovation created new disciplines in the field of economic sciences, computer and law. Electronic Commerce law is among them. The volume of electronic Commerce in the world is growing in an unprecedented way.This article tries to make the reader familiar with the nature and domain of electronic Commerce law.