Requirements of Regulatory State in the Iranian Economy

Notification of general policies of Article (44) of the constitution is a turning point in Iranian approach to the concept of state and market.Changing the attitude of government-centered to market-oriented economic growth and being transparent of entry borders and market action are the main achievements of these policies. But it will be not only the end of state-market problem, but also is starting point of some new issues in Iran's economy that scientific accuracy was less needed ever. Among these emerging issues, there are government actions about the targets and its controls on the (regulation) market.Definitely, in the market-oriented environment, methods and tools of government intervention in the economy should be different from traditional methods (such as direct policies, or monetary-financialcommercial policies). With such an attitude, regulation has been regarded as an instrumental attitude by economists for decades.The paper attempts to review the theories of regulation objectives,regulatory body (or regulator) and regulation rights and present the list of successful strategies, in terms of the current conomic conditions of Iran.