Limits of Government’s Involvement in Iran’s Social Security Organization (SSO) Emphasising on SSO’s Administrative & Financial Independence

By examining the category of social security, Challenges like how to manage SSO, or how to determine the duties of the main trustee, its administrative and financial independence have also been discussed. However, in designing social security management system, the participation and supervision of employers and the insured can and should be used. The main purpose of this study is to explain the extent of the government’s intervention in the SSO, by emphasising its administrative and financial independence. Based on descriptive-analytical studies, the present results of the research show that the main structure of social security laws and regulations, has emphasized the participatory structure of the Social Security Administration, but over time, there have been changes in the selection, number and functions of these pillars. Meanwhile, what is quite noticeable, especially after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, is the government’s presence in the field of social security and its increasing role in the field of security and welfare. Also for some reason, despite the explicit text of the law, the administrative and financial independence of the organization is violated by the government and is sometimes ignored. This issue is due to the existence of defects in the laws and regulations related to the administrative and financial independence of the organization, as well as the existence of problems and challenges in the implementation of some laws by the government. Therefore, the organization is in a situation that needs to restore administrative and financial independence.