The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's functions are: *Manage the Iranian

treasury A treasury is either *A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry; in a business context, corporate treasury. *A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be ...

department, *Lending by the government to banks in Iran, *Regulation of Iran's economy and its financial policy, *implementing & enforcing tax policies in Iran, *in charge of foreign direct investment (F.D.I.), *directing the banking and commercial insurance sector of Iran, *regulating the financial markets of Iran, see also: Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) &

Central Bank of Iran The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI; ; SWIFT Code: BMJIIRTH), also known as ''Bank Markazi'', was established under the Iranian Banking and Monetary Act in 1960. It serves as the banker to the Iranian government and has the e ...

. The affairs related policy-making, organizations, and institutes in the field of trade of goods and services are handled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Ministry of E.A.F.).

Ministers of Finance during the Imperial State of Iran

Ministers responsible for finance under

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty () is an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian royal dynasty that was the Pahlavi Iran, last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, Reza S ...

. *

Mohammad Ali Foroughi Mohammad Ali Foroughi (; early August 1877 – 26 or 27 November 1942), also known as Zoka-ol-Molk ( Persian: ذُکاءُالمُلک), was an Iranian politician, writer, freemason, Azali, and diplomat who served as the Prime Minister of ...

, 1924–1925 *

Morteza Gholi Bayat Morteza Gholi Bayat (; Mortezā Qoli Bayāt, aka ''Sahām al-Soltān'', 1890–10 May 1958) was a Prime Minister of Iran. Career Born in Arak, Iran into a family of Iran's ancient tribal nobility, Chieftains of the Bayat tribe, to Haj Abbas Q ...

, 1925-? *

Vossug ed Dowleh Hassan Vossug ed-Dowleh (‎; April 1, 1868 – February 3, 1951) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran twice. He was the older brother of Ahmad Qavam, who also served as Prime Minister, five times. Life Hassan V ...

, 1926 *

Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III Prince Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (Persian: شاهزاده فیروز نصرت‌الدوله سوم), GCMG (1889–1937) was the eldest son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh Qajar. He was born in 1889 and died in ...

, 1927–1929 * Mohammad Ali Farzin, 1929 *

Hassan Mashhar Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

, 1929–1930 *

Hassan Taqizadeh Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh (; September 27, 1878 in Tabriz, Iran – January 28, 1970 in Tehran, Iran) was an influential Iranian politician and diplomat, of Azerbaijani origin, during the Qajar era under the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ...

, 1930–1933 * Ali Akbar Davar, 1933–1937 * Mahmud Badr, 1938–1939 * Rezagholi Amir Khosravi, 1939–1941 * Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1941 *

Hassan Musharraf Nafisi Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

, 1941-1942 *

Mahmoud Nariman Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Given name Mahmood * Mahmood Ali (1928 ...

, ?-1943 *

Morteza-Qoli Bayat Morteza Gholi Bayat (; Mortezā Qoli Bayāt, aka ''Sahām al-Soltān'', 1890–10 May 1958) was a Prime Minister of Iran. Career Born in Arak, Iran into a family of Iran's ancient tribal nobility, Chieftains of the Bayat tribe, to Haj Abbas ...

, 1943-? *

Allah-Yar Saleh Allah-Yar Saleh (, born Saleh Arani; 1897–1981) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who was Iranian Ambassador to the United States during Mohammad Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh (, ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politici ...

, 1943 *

Bagher Kazemi Sayyed Bagher Khan Muhazab Al Dawleh Kazemi also known as Bagher Kazemi (; 10 February 1892–10 November 1977), was an Iranian politician, diplomat and minister. He served as Iran's ambassador to several countries, including France, Turkey and Afg ...

, 1943-? * Mahmud Badr, ?-1945 *

Abdolhossein Hazhir Abdolhossein Hazhir (‎; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last List of ...

, 1945 *

, 1945–1946 *

Abolqasem Najm Abolghassem Nadjm (Najm ol-Molk) (), ''Abolqāsem Najm''/''Abolqassem Najm'' (11 May 1892 – October 19, 1983) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian Politics of Iran, politician, cabinet minister (diplomacy), minister, and diplomat. Early life and ed ...

, 1945–1946 *

, 1946 *

, 1946-? *

Abdolhossein Behnia Abdolhossein Behnia (Persian: عبدالحسین بهنیا), also Latinized as Abdul Husain Behnia, was an Iranian politician who served as minister of finance several times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He served in the cabin ...

, ?-1948 * Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1948–1950 * Abdolhossein Behnia, 1950 *

Mohammad Ali Varasteh Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989) was an Iranian statesman who held several cabinet posts in the 1950s and also, served as the governor of Isfahan province. He was the head of the regency council which was formed soon after the Shah Mohammad ...

, 1950 * Taghi Nasr, 1950-? *

, 1950–1951 * Ali Asghar Forouzan, ?-1951 *

, 1951–1952 * Seyed Baqer Kazemi, 1952–1953 *

Ali Amini Ali Amini (; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliament between 1947 and 19 ...

, 1953–1954-? *

Ali Asghar Nasser Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and ...

, ?-1955 * Mohammad Sajadi, 1955–1957 * Taghi Nasr, 1957-? * Qolam Hosein Foruhar, ?-1957-? *

, ?-1958-? * Ali-Akbar Zargham, 1959–1961 * Abdolbaghi Shoai, 1961–1962 * Jahangir Amuzegar, 1962 * Abdolhossein Behnia, 1962–1963 * Abdolbaghi Shoai, ?-1963 * Abdolhossein Behnia, 1963–1964 *

Amir-Abbas Hoveida Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (; 18 February 1919 – 7 April 1979) was an Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977. He was the longest serving prime minister in Iran's history. He also ...

, 1964–1965 *

Jamshid Amouzegar Jamshid Amouzegar (‎; 25 June 1923 – 27 September 2016) was an Iranian economist, politician, and the prime minister of Iran from 7 August 1977 until his resignation on 27 August 1978. Prior to that, he served as the minister of interior a ...

, 1965–1974 *

Hushang Ansary Hushang Ansary (, born 1927) is an Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist. He served for eighteen years in the Iranian government prior to the Iranian Revolution including as Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance ...

, 1974–1977 * Mohammad Yeganeh, 1977–1978 * Hassan-Ali Mehran, 1978–1979 * Rostam Pirasteh, 1979

Ministers of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Customs Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Customs Administration
is affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. All activities regarding importation, exportation, transit, collection of import duties and other cases such as temporary importation are carried out by the Customs Administration, which is in charge of implementing the Customs Affairs Act of the Iranian year 1350 ( Hijri calendar) (1971

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...

), and by-Laws of the Executive Branch of Iran.

Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI)

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F.(Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), the purpose of the O.C.S.S.P.I. (Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran) is to regulate properties, some of the duties includes the collection, storage, management, and sale of properties that as per the law are under the ownership, possession, custody or management of the government of Iran.

State Tax Organization

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F. (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), the

Iranian National Tax Administration The Iranian National Tax Administration or in brief INTA is one of the organizations affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance in Iran which is responsible for handling the country's tax affairs. Among the tasks of this organiz ...

is also incharge of collection of taxes from the public and supervises the implementation of tax laws and regulations in Iran. To facilitate the E-commerce, the Executive Branch of Iran is implementing a

bar code A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, Machine-readable data, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly ref ...

(similar to ISBN of Books) system (called '

Irancode Irancode is the Iranian national products and services classification and codification system. It enables producers and distributors to identify, classify, and codify their products and services. Iran is implementing this bar code system across the ...

') across the UN Member State of Iran. It will facilitate

e-commerce E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile co ...

and tax collection to build a better Iran.http://www.nitc.co.ir/iran-daily/1388/3438/html/economy.htm#s389754

Privatization Organization

According to the Fourth edition of Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005–2010), th
Privatization Organization of Iran
which after discussions with the Ministry of E.A.F (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance) sets the prices and manages the shares of government-owned companies for the public. It also puts the stocks on the

Tehran Stock Exchange The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) (, romanized: ''Burs-e Owraq-e Bahadar-e Tehran'') is Iran's largest stock exchange, which first opened in 1967. The TSE is based in Tehran. TSE, which is a founding member of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Ex ...

. President of

Iranian Privatization Organization Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini Mir-Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini (میرعلی اشرف عبدالله پوری حسینی in Persian, born 1961 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian economist, politician, vice president of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and pre ...

Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F. (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), th
Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance (OIETA)
centralizes, regulates and perform activities related to

foreign investments A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an ownership stake in a company, made by a foreign investor, company, or government from another country. More specifically, it describes a Controlling interest, controlling ownership an asset in one country ...

in the UN Member State of Iran, Iran's foreign investments abroad, providing loans and credit facilities to foreign firms, institutes or governments as well as obtaining loan or credit from foreign or international sources. OIETA is a "one-stop institution" for

foreign direct investment in Iran Foreign direct investment in Iran (FDI) has been hindered by unfavorable or complex operating requirements and by international sanctions, although in the early 2000s the Iranian government liberalized investment regulations. Iran ranks 62nd i ...

References

External links

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