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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran)

Government ministry of Iran

Summary

Government ministry of Iran

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance
nativename	وزارت امور اقتصادی و دارایی
nativename_r	Vezârat-e Eqtesâd va Omur-e Dârâiy
logo	Emblem of Iran.svg
logo_width	100px
image	ساختمان وزارت اقتصاد و دارایی.JPG
image_size	230px
formed
jurisdiction	Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
headquarters	Bab Homayoun Street, Tehran
employees	117,123 (2019)
minister1_name	Ali Madanizadeh
website

The '''Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance'''' is a ministry of the Iranian government that oversees treasury, commerce, industry, financial markets and labor in Iran. Its functions include:

Manage the Iranian treasury department,
Lending by the government to banks in Iran,
Regulation of Iran's economy and its financial policy,
implementing & enforcing tax policies in Iran,
in charge of foreign direct investment (F.D.I.),
directing the banking and commercial insurance sector of Iran,
regulating the financial markets of Iran, see also: Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) & Central Bank of Iran.

The affairs related policy-making, organizations, and institutes in the field of trade of goods and services are handled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Ministry of E.A.F.).

Ministers of Finance

During the Imperial State of Iran

Ministers responsible for finance under Pahlavi dynasty.

Mohammad Ali Foroughi, 1924–1925
Morteza Gholi Bayat, 1925-?
Vossug ed Dowleh, 1926
Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III, 1927–1929
Mohammad Ali Farzin, 1929
Hassan Mashhar, 1929–1930
Hassan Taqizadeh, 1930–1933
Ali Akbar Davar, 1933–1937
Mahmud Badr, 1938–1939
Rezagholi Amir Khosravi, 1939–1941
Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1941
Hassan Musharraf Nafisi, 1941-1942
Mahmoud Nariman, ?-1943
Morteza-Qoli Bayat, 1943-?
Allah-Yar Saleh, 1943
Bagher Kazemi, 1943-?
Mahmud Badr, ?-1945
Abdolhossein Hazhir, 1945
Morteza-Qoli Bayat, 1945–1946
Abolqasem Najm, 1945–1946
Abdolhossein Hazhir, 1946
Morteza-Qoli Bayat, 1946-?
Abdolhossein Behnia, ?-1948
Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1948–1950
Abdolhossein Behnia, 1950
Mohammad Ali Varasteh, 1950
Taghi Nasr, 1950-?
Mohammad Ali Varasteh, 1950–1951
Ali Asghar Forouzan, ?-1951
Mohammad Ali Varasteh, 1951–1952
Seyed Baqer Kazemi, 1952–1953
Ali Amini, 1953–1954-?
Ali Asghar Nasser, ?-1955
Mohammad Sajadi, 1955–1957
Taghi Nasr, 1957-?
Qolam Hosein Foruhar, ?-1957-?
Ali Asghar Nasser, ?-1958-?
Ali-Akbar Zargham, 1959–1961
Abdolbaghi Shoai, 1961–1962
Jahangir Amuzegar, 1962
Abdolhossein Behnia, 1962–1963
Abdolbaghi Shoai, ?-1963
Abdolhossein Behnia, 1963–1964
Amir-Abbas Hoveida, 1964–1965
Jamshid Amouzegar, 1965–1974
Hushang Ansary, 1974–1977
Mohammad Yeganeh, 1977–1978
Hassan-Ali Mehran, 1978–1979
Rostam Pirasteh, 1979

During the Islamic Republic of Iran

No.	Portrait	Name	Took	Left	Party	Head of
1		Ali Ardalan	15 February 1979	6 November 1979	National Front	Mehdi Bazargan
2		Abolhassan Banisadr	17 November 1979	10 February 1980	Independent	Council of the Islamic Revolution
3		Hossein Namazi	11 March 1981	28 October 1985		Islamic Republican Party	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
4	[[File:Mohammad_Javad_Iravani_2014-04-12_05.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Mohammad Javad Irvani	5 January 1986	29 August 1989	Islamic Republican Party	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
5	[[File:Nourbakhsh.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Mohsen Nourbakhsh	29 August 1989	16 August 1993	Executives of Construction Party	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
6	[[File:Dr.Mohammadkhan.JPG	frameless	176x176px]]	Morteza Mohammadkhan	6 October 1993	20 August 1997	Executives of Construction Party
Moderation and Development Party
(3)		Hossein Namazi	20 August 1997	22 August 2001	Independent	Mohammad Khatami
7	[[File:Tahmasb Mazaheri at Etellat Institute's Diplomacy Irani Forum.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Tahmasb Mazaheri	22 August 2001	25 April 2004	Independent
8	[[File:Safdar Hosseini 01 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Safdar Hosseini	25 April 2004	24 August 2005	Islamic Iran Participation Front
9	[[File:Davoud Danesh-Jafari 13901206 1019137.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Davoud Danesh-Jafari	24 August 2005	2 April 2008	Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
10	[[File:Shamseddin Hosseini 2019.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Shamseddin Hosseini	5 August 2008	15 August 2013	Independent
11	[[File:Ali Tayebnia speaking at Conference of Monetary policy and Currency (cropped).jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Ali Tayebnia	15 August 2013	20 August 2017	Independent	Hassan Rouhani
12	[[File:Masoud Karbasian 2018.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Masoud Karbasian	20 August 2017	26 August 2018	Independent
13	[[File:Farhad Dejpasand 13980920 0244376.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Farhad Dejpasand	27 October 2018	25 August 2021	Independent
14	[[File:Khandoozi Portrait (Cropped).jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Ehsan Khandozi	25 August 2021	21 August 2024	Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces	Ebrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (Acting)
15	[[File:Hemmati in 2021.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Abdolnaser Hemmati	21 August 2024	2 March 2025	Executives of Construction Party	Masoud Pezeshkian
16	[[File:Alimadanizadeh.jpg	frameless	176x176px]]	Ali Madanizadeh	16 June 2025	Incumbent	Independent

The Customs Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Customs Administration is affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. All activities regarding importation, exportation, transit, collection of import duties and other cases such as temporary importation are carried out by the Customs Administration, which is in charge of implementing the Customs Affairs Act of the Iranian year 1350 (Hijri calendar) (1971 Gregorian calendar), and by-Laws of the Executive Branch of Iran.

Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI)

Main article: Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI)

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F.(Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), the purpose of the O.C.S.S.P.I. (Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran) is to regulate properties, some of the duties includes the collection, storage, management, and sale of properties that as per the law are under the ownership, possession, custody or management of the government of Iran.

State Tax Organization

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F. (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), the Iranian National Tax Administration is also incharge of collection of taxes from the public and supervises the implementation of tax laws and regulations in Iran. To facilitate the E-commerce, the Executive Branch of Iran is implementing a bar code (similar to ISBN of Books) system (called 'Irancode') across the UN Member State of Iran. It will facilitate e-commerce and tax collection to build a better Iran.

Privatization Organization

Main article: Privatization in Iran

According to the Fourth edition of Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005–2010), the Privatization Organization of Iran, which after discussions with the Ministry of E.A.F (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance) sets the prices and manages the shares of government-owned companies for the public. It also puts the stocks on the Tehran Stock Exchange. President of Iranian Privatization Organization is Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini.

Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F. (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), the Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance (OIETA) centralizes, regulates and perform activities related to foreign investments in the UN Member State of Iran, Iran's foreign investments abroad, providing loans and credit facilities to foreign firms, institutes or governments as well as obtaining loan or credit from foreign or international sources. OIETA is a "one-stop institution" for foreign direct investment in Iran.

References

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http://www.nitc.co.ir/iran-daily/1388/3438/html/economy.htm#s389754{{dead link. (February 2018)

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