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Malaysia - Iran Tax Treaty (as amended by 2002 protocol) — Orbitax Tax Hub

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ARTICLE 6

Income from Immovable Property

(1) Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State from immovable property situated in the other Contracting State may be taxed in that other State.

(2) For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "immovable property" shall be defined in accordance with the laws of the Contracting State in which the property in question is situated. The term shall in any case include property accessory to immovable property, livestock and equipment used in agriculture and forestry, rights to which the provisions of general law respecting landed property apply, usufruct of immovable property and rights to variable or fixed payments as consideration for the working of, or the right to work, mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries and other places of extraction of natural resources including timber or other forest produce. Ships, boats and aircraft shall not be regarded as immovable property.

(3) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting, or use in any other form of immovable property.

(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) shall apply also to the income from immovable property of an enterprise and to income from immovable property used for the performance of personal services.