Social Harms and the Operations of Tehran Municipality (1921-1941)

Social harms of a part of the citizens especially in the city of Tehran, was one of the consequences of the First World War in Iran. Therefore, the municipality of Tehran helped the orphans to reduce social crises, a large number of displaced women were covered by the social security assistances. In order to strengthen the foundations of the family and to monitoring marriage, divorce, inheritance and ownership, the provisions of the Civil Registry Law were taken more seriously, and for those who refused to register, there were many penalties. Until the following years, when the registry office, health centers and boarding schools were removed from the municipality, this institution was responsible for the process of Socialization. Therefore, the main question of this study is that what was the role of the municipality in controlling the social harms during the years between 1921 to 1941 for the process of reducing social harms among the lower social classes? Based on the descriptive-analytical method, this study shows that the municipality of Tehran in this period, according to the policy of centralism and with its wide power, was largely able to control some social disasters. But as the authority of this institution was limited, the former crises more or less continued.