Retirees’ Accounts of Life with Inadequate Pensions/ Azar Taherabadi

Pension funds in Iran have been struggling with financial crises for years—a crisis that has now reached the brink of bankruptcy, leaving millions of retirees facing fear and economic instability. According to official data, the Civil Servants Pension Fund (CSPF), the Social Security Organization, and the Armed Forces Pension Fund cover a significant portion of […]...

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The Pension Crisis in Iran Through a Global Lens/ Ahmad Alavi

Pension funds, as the cornerstones of social security systems, play a key role in ensuring economic security, reducing poverty, and strengthening social cohesion. However, inefficiencies in these funds can lead to economic instability, increased inequality, and erosion of public trust. In Iran, pension funds such as the Civil Servants Pension Fund and the Social Security […]...

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Generation of the 1980s: Hard Yesterdays, Harder Todays, Vanished Tomorrows/ Fereshteh Goli

In Iran, pension funds are financial-social institutions established to provide for individuals during old age and retirement. Their mechanisms rely on collecting insurance premiums from the workforce (employees and employers) and investing these funds, so that monthly pensions and other legal benefits can be paid to retirees. In essence, these institutions operate based on an […]...

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Legal and Economic Challenges of Pension Fund Bankruptcy in Iran/ Maryam Hosseini

Pension funds are the cornerstone of economic security and social justice in any country. These institutions, by collecting insurance premiums from workers and employers, allow retirees to enjoy a dignified life after the end of their working period. In Iran, multiple pension funds, including the Civil Servants Pension Fund, the Military Pension Fund, and the […]...

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