Hassan Sadeghi: The Government Is Social Security’s Biggest Debtor/ Pedram Tahassoni

In recent years, as the shadow of crisis has grown heavier over the country’s pension systems, conversations with those who have spent their lives working in this field have become all the more vital. The social security system, as one of the main pillars of social justice and economic sustainability, reflects—both in Iran and elsewhere—the […]...

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Mehdi Pazouki: The Business Operations of Pension Funds Are the Greatest Managerial Mistake/ Ali Kalaei

While signs of bankruptcy among Iran’s pension funds are appearing one after another, and their financial burden increasingly weighs on the national budget each year, the need to discuss the causes and consequences of this situation is more urgent than ever. Peace Mark Monthly Magazine, in this regard, conducted a candid interview with Dr. Mehdi […]...

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The Bankruptcy of Pension Funds and Wage Arrears/ Sina Yousefi

In recent decades, the country’s pension funds—especially the Civil Servants Pension Fund, the Social Security Organization, and the Armed Forces Pension Fund—have faced a deep structural crisis. This crisis stems from chronic imbalance between resources and expenditures, unprofessional policymaking, and weak corporate governance in managing these institutions. The share of public budget contributions to cover […]...

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Pension Funds: From the Dream of Security to the Crisis of Reality/ Morteza Hamounian

During the Roman Empire, soldiers received money or land after completing their service. That is, when a soldier ended his military duty and was to be discharged with honor, he was granted a payment and sometimes a plot of land. A similar system existed in ancient China and Greece. Later, during the Middle Ages, guilds […]...

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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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Difficult and damaging jobs; the sad and dizzying story of workers’ retirement / Keyumars Amiri

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