ARTICLE 10
Dividends
(1) Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.
(2) Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of Islamic Republic of Iran to a resident of Malaysia may be taxed in the Islamic Republic of Iran in accordance with the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran but if the recipient is the beneficial owner of the dividends the tax so charged shall not exceed 25 percent of the gross amount of the dividends.
(3) Dividends paid by a company which is a resident of Malaysia to a resident of the Islamic Republic of Iran who is the beneficial owner thereof shall be exempt from any tax in Malaysia which is chargeable on dividends in addition to the tax chargeable in respect of the income of the company.
(4) The term "dividends" as used in this Article means income from shares or other rights, not being debt-claims, participating in profits, as well as income from other corporate rights which is subjected to the same taxation treatment as income from shares by the laws of the State of which the company making the distribution is a resident.
(5) The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply if the beneficial owner of the dividends, being a resident of a Contracting State, carries on business in the other Contracting State, of which the company paying the dividends is a resident, through a permanent establishment situated therein, and the holding in respect of which the dividends are paid is effectively connected with such permanent establishment. In such case, the provisions of Article 7 shall apply.
(6) Where a company which is a resident of a Contracting State derives income or profits from the other Contracting State, that other State may not impose any tax on the dividends paid by the company to persons who are not residents of that other State, or subject the company's undistributed profits to a tax on undistributed profits, even if the dividends paid or the undistributed profits consist wholly or partly of profits or income arising in that other State.