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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“Today’s retirees are yesterday’s workers, still on the streets; why?” / Amir Javaheri Langroudi

The above question prompts us to take a look at the various social categorizations of retirees, recognize their problems and demands, and discuss a way out. Without a doubt, today in the midst of confrontations over demands on the streets, retirees are considered to be the awakened conscience of the class movement in Iran. I […]...

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