Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Iran , was the main organ of Iranian Government in charge of the regulation and implementation of policies applicable to labour and social

Social

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 affairs.

History

After the Second World War

World War II

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 and its social and economic effects, disagreements and strikes increased in different parts of the country, these pressures made the government of prime minister Ahmad Qavam to establish an independent office as "General Office of Labour" under the "Ministry of Profession and Art" in 1944. It couldn't solve the existed problems, so they came to a conclusion that in order to overcome the problems, they should pass a law for labour regulations. The first Labour law was approved by cabinet (but not the parliament) on May 18, 1946, in a special situation where the labour strikes was going to take a political aspect. The inability of "General Office of Labour" to overcome the difficulties and other reasons, resulted in the formation of the "Ministry of Labour and Advertisement" on August 4, 1946. Later it became "Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs", and after the Iranian 1979 revolution

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

, many related organizations came under it. Ministry was dissolved on 3 August 2011.

List of Ministers

Pahlavi era:
Mozffar Firuz was the first labour minister of Iran in Ghavam cabinet. Amongst other ministers of the same post during the Pahlavi era were Ahmad Aramesh in Ahmad Ghavam cabinet and Manuchehr Azmun in Amir-Abbas Hoveida cabinet.
After the Iranian revolution:

• Dariush Forouhar
  Dariush Forouhar
  Dariush Forouhar was a founder and leader of the Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran , a pan-Iranist opposition party in Iran and served as Minister of Labor in the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979...
  
  
• Mohammad MirMohammad Sadeghi
• Ahmad Tavakkoli
  Ahmad Tavakkoli
  Ahmad Tavakkoli is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament, and the Director of Majlis Research Center.Before, he had been the Iranian Minister of Labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the...
  
  
• Abolghasem Sarhadizadeh
• Hossein Kamali
• Seyed Mohammad Jahromi
• Reza Sheikholeslam

Deputies

The ministry consists of six deputies as:

• Deputy for Coordination & International affairs
• Deputy for Labour Relations
• Deputu for Planning & Employment Policies
• Deputy for Social & Cultural affairs
• Deputy for Legal & Parliamentary affairs
• Deputy for Patronage

See also

• Iranian labor law
• Iranian Labour News Agency
  Iranian Labour News Agency
  Iranian Labour News Agency is an Iranian news agency. It was launched in Tehran on February 24, 2003, and provides extensive coverage of the country's workforce....
  
  
• Cabinet of Iran
  Cabinet of Iran
  The Cabinet of Iran is a formal body composed of government officials, ministers, chosen and led by a President. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Parliament...
  
  
• Government of Iran
  • Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)
    Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)
    The Ministry of Welfare and Social Security established in 2004 and dissolved in 2011, was an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Social security in Iran.-See also:*Social security in Iran*Health care in Iran*Subsidy reform plan...