The Social Security Organization (SSO) is a social insurance organization in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

which provides coverage of wage-earners and salaried workers as well as voluntary coverage of self-employed persons. In 1975, the laws Social Security Law was approved and the SSO was established.

did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center for Statistics of Iran estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by

social security Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifically to social insurance ...

. Membership in the social security system is compulsory for all employees. SSO is a

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and it is solely financed by contributions (with the participation of insured (7%), employer (20–23%) and government (3%)). Social protection is extended to the

self-employed Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return ...

workers, who voluntarily contribute between 12% and 18% of income depending on the protection sought.

Civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...

s, the regular military, Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, Iranian Armed Forces. It was officially established by Ruhollah Khom ...

, Iran's second major military organization, have their own pension systems.

Debt

The government debt for social security is 660000 billion toman in 2023, the government seventh development program changed age of retirement to 65 / 70 years old and required work from 30 years to 40 years. The government offered to sell Qeshm Island, Kisha Island, Khuzestan province.

Services

SSO provides the following services: #Retirement, disability and death; #Unemployment; #Old-age; #Helplessness, loss of caretaker and social vulnerabilities; #Accidents and injuries; #Physical, mental and psychic disability; #Health care and medical insurance; #Protecting mothers especially during the maternity period and child-rearing; #Protecting orphan children and unprotected women; #Planning particular insurance system for widows, old women and self-dependent women; #Poverty and inequity alleviation; #Assistance and rescue.

Early retirement

It is possible people 60 years old and above who have record history of less than 10 year of social security pension insurance payment upon an early retirement program may receive 10 days out of 30 days payment per month.

Statistics

*Number of insured (18–65 years old): 12 million (2014) *Number of whole beneficiaries: 37 million (2014) *Retirees and beneficiaries: 2 million (old age, disabilities and survivors) (2013)

Affiliated institutions

*The Social Security Investment Company (SSIC aka "SHASTA") **Sadere Tamin Company (Tile and Ceramic) **Tamin Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Company **Tamin Gas and Oil Investment Company ** Tamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company **Tamin Nourishment Investment Company **Pars Hotels Investment Company **Saba Tamin Company ** RighTel (Telecom) *Iran Khanesazi Investment Company (housing) * Refah Bank *The Tamin ICT & Management Consultancy Service Company *Social Security Auditing Company *Social Security Real Estate Agency *Kar & Tamin Company * Homa Hotel Group *The SSO Milad-e-Salamat Health and Medical Institute *Hekmat Medical Group Company (ltd.)

References

External links

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U.S. Social Security Administration: Iran's entry
(coverage details) {{Authority control Society of Iran Economy of Iran Ministry of Cooperatives Labour and Social Welfare (Iran) Social security in Iran