Seed & Plant Certification and Registration Research Institute has been established in 2004 in order to safeguarding national interests through certification of seed and plant produced in Iran and protection of the breeder's right as well.

Before establishment of SPCRI, seed and plant quality control system in Iran were integrated with the production systems and this issue would affect the principles of efficiency and independence of quality control systems. On the other hand absence of plant breeder's right system in Iran discouraging effectiveness for breeders, private sector and foreign companies to make investment for creating new varieties of plants. Therefore, based on the law, Seed & Plant Certification and Registration Institute (SPCRI) established in 2007.