The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's functions are: *Manage the Iranian

treasury A treasury is either *A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry. *A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be state or royal property, church treasure or i ...

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 Central Bank of Iran (CBI), also known as ''Bank Markazi'', officially the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران, Bank Markazi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān; SWIFT Code: B ...

. 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

Mohammad Ali Foroughi Mohammad Ali Foroughi ( fa, محمدعلی فروغی; early August 1877 – 26 or 27 November 1942), also known as Zoka-ol-Molk ( Persian: ذُکاءُالمُلک), was a writer, diplomat and politician who served three terms as Prime Mini ...

, 1924-1925 * Morteza Gholi Bayat, 1925-? *

Vossug ed Dowleh Hassan Vossug ed Dowleh ( fa, حسن وثوق‌الدوله; 1 April 1868 – 3 February 1951) was twice Prime Minister of Iran. He was the older brother of Ahmad Qavam Ahmad Qavam (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955; fa, احمد قوام) ...

, 1926 *

Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III Prince Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III, GCMG (1889–1937) was the eldest son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh Qajar. He was born in 1889 and died in April 1937. He was the grandson of his namesake, Nosrat Dowleh Firou ...

, 1927-1929 * Mohammad Ali Farzin, 1929 * Hassan Mashhar, 1929-1930 *

Hassan Taqizadeh Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh ( fa, سید حسن تقی‌زاده; September 27, 1878 in Tabriz, Iran – January 28, 1970 in Tehran, Iran) was an influential Iranian politician and diplomat, of Azeri origin, during the Qajar dynasty under the r ...

, 1930-1933 * Ali Akbar Davar, 1933-1937 * Mahmud Badr, 1938-1939 * Rezagholi Amir Khosravi, 1939-1941 * Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1941 *

Hassan Musharraf Nafisi Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

, 1941-? *

Mahmoud Nariman Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Siam Mahmud *Mahmood (singer) (born 1 ...

, ?-1943 *

Morteza-Qoli Bayat Morteza Gholi Bayat ( fa, مرتضی‌قلی بیات; Mortezā Qoli Bayāt, aka ''Sahām al-Soltān'', 1890–10 May 1958) was a Prime Minister of Iran. Career Born in Arak, Iran into a family of Irans' ancient tribal nobility, Chieftains ...

, 1943-? *

Allah-Yar Saleh Allah-Yar Saleh ( fa, اللهیار صالح, born Saleh Arani; 1897–1981) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who was Iranian Ambassador to the United States during Mohammad Mosaddegh's premiership. Career Allah-Yar Saleh was a member of t ...

, 1943 *

Bagher Kazemi Sayyed Bagher Khan Muhazab Al Dawleh Kazemi also known as Bagher Kazemi ( fa, باقر کاظمی; 10 February 1892–10 November 1977), was an Iranian politician, diplomat and minister. He served as Iran's ambassador to several countries, includin ...

, 1943-? * Mahmud Badr, ?-1945 *

Abdolhossein Hazhir Abdolhossein Hazhir ( fa, عبدالحسین هژیر‎; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1948, having been a minister 10 times. One of his post ...

, 1945 *

, 1945-1946 *

Abolqasem Najm Abolghassem Nadjm (Najm ol-Molk) ( fa, ابولقاسم نجم), ''Abolqāsem Najm''/''Abolqassem Najm'' (11 May 1892 – October 19, 1983) was an Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat. Early life and education His father was Mir ...

, 1945-1946 *

, 1946 *

, 1946-? *

Abdolhossein Behnia Abdolhossein Behnia, also Latinized as Abdul Husain Behnia, was an Iranian politician who served as minister of finance several times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Amini and then of ...

, ?-1948 * Abbasqoli Golshayan, 1948-1950 * Abdolhossein Behnia, 1950 *

Mohammad Ali Varasteh Mohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989) was an Iranian statesman who held several cabinet posts in the 1950s and also, served as the governor of Isfahan Province. He was the head of the regency council which was formed soon after the Shah Mohammad R ...

, 1950 *

Taghi Nasr Taqi or Taghi ( fa, تقی, translit=Taqī, az, Tağı) is a male Arabic given name and surname. It may refer to: Compound forms given on further disambiguation pages *Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation) *Taqi al-Din (disambiguation) Early imams *Muh ...

, 1950-? *

, 1950-1951 * Ali Asghar Forouzan, ?-1951 *

, 1951-1952 *

Seyed Baqer Kazemi Sayyed Bagher Khan Muhazab Al Dawleh Kazemi also known as Bagher Kazemi ( fa, باقر کاظمی; 10 February 1892–10 November 1977), was an Iranian politician, diplomat and minister. He served as Iran's ambassador to several countries, includin ...

, 1952-1953 *

Ali Amini Ali Amini ( fa, علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliame ...

, 1953-1954-? * Ali Asghar Nasser, ?-1955 *

Mohammad Sajadi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mono ...

, 1955-1957 *

, 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 Amir-Abbas Hoveyda ( fa, امیرعباس هویدا, Amīr 'Abbās Hoveyda; 18 February 1919 – 7 April 1979) was an Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977. He was the lo ...

, 1964-1965 *

Jamshid Amouzegar Jamshid Amouzegar ( fa, جمشید آموزگار‎; 25 June 1923 – 27 September 2016) was an Iranian economist and politician who was prime minister of Iran from 7 August 1977 to 27 August 1978 when he resigned. Prior to that, he served as ...

, 1965-1974 *

Hushang Ansary Hushang Ansary ( fa, هوشنگ انصاری, born 1927) is an Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist. He served for eighteen years in the Iranian government prior to the Iranian Revolution including as Minister of Econo ...

, 1974-1977 * Mohammad Yeganeh, 1977-1978 * Hassan-Ali Mehran, 1978-1979

Ministers of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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 The Hijri calendar ( ar, ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, translit=al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or ...

) (1971

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...

), and by-Laws of the Executive Branch of Iran.

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 The Iranian National Tax Administration or in brief INTA is one of the organizations affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance in Iran which is responsible for handling the country's tax affairs. Among the tasks of this organiz ...

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 A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or o ...

(similar to ISBN of Books) system (called ' Irancode') across the UN Member State of Iran. It will facilitate

e-commerce E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain manageme ...

and tax collection to build a better Iran.http://www.nitc.co.ir/iran-daily/1388/3438/html/economy.htm#s389754

Privatization Organization

According to the Fourth edition of Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005-2010), th
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 The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) ( fa, بورس اوراق بهادار تهران, romanized: ''Burs-e Owraq-e Bahadar-e Tehran'') is Iran's largest stock exchange, which first opened in 1967. The TSE is based in Tehran. , 339 companies with a com ...

. President of

Iranian Privatization Organization Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini Mir-Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini (میرعلی اشرف عبدالله پوری حسینی in Persian, born 1961 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian economist, politician, vice president of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and pre ...

Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance

Affiliated to the Ministry of E.A.F. (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance), th
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

External links

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