سازمان تامین اجتماعی Sazman-e Tamin-e Ajtema'i | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1950 [1] |
Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran) |
Website | www |
The Social Security Organization (SSO) is a social insurance organization in Iran 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[2] was approved and the SSO was established.[3]
Iran did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center for Statistics of Iran[4] estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by social security.[5] Membership in the social security system is compulsory for all employees.[6]
SSO is a non-governmental organization and it is solely financed by contributions (with the participation of insured (7%), employer (20–23%) and government (3%)).[3][7][8] Social protection is extended to the self-employed workers, who voluntarily contribute between 12% and 18% of income depending on the protection sought. Civil servants, the regular military, Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's second major military organization, have their own pension systems.
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.[9][10][11]
SSO provides the following services:[12]
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.[13]
See also: Tehran Stock Exchange |