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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2014</h1>
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<h1>Iran</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: <abbr class="spell">US</abbr>$1.00 = 8,229 rials.</div>
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<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1953.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1975 (social security), and 1986 (self-employed insurance), implemented in 1987.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed and self-employed persons. Self-employed and voluntarily insured persons may choose different levels of coverage for <span class="nobr">old-age,</span> disability, and survivor benefits.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for previously insured persons up to age 55 with at least 30 days of coverage and for commercial drivers.</p>
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<p>Special systems for government employees and military personnel.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 7% of earnings. Voluntarily insured persons, 26% of earnings <span class="nobr">(old-age</span> and survivors benefits) plus an additional amount (disability benefits; commercial drivers, 13.5% of earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions for salaried employees are 6,089,070 rials.</p>
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<p>The insured's contributions also finance medical, sickness, maternity, and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> 18% of earnings; 12% of earnings (old age); or 14% of earnings (old age and survivors).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 20% of payroll. To subsidize certain strategic industries, the government pays the employer's contributions for up to five employees for each company.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions for salaried employees are 6,089,070 rials.</p>
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<p>The employer's contributions also finance medical, sickness, maternity, and work injury benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> 3% of payroll, including voluntarily insured persons; 13.5% of payroll for commercial drivers. The government pays the employer's contributions for up to five employees for each company for certain strategic industries.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings used to calculate contributions for salaried employees are 6,089,070 rials.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 60 (men) or age 55 (women) with at least 20 years of contributions; age 50 (men) or age 45 (women) with at least 30 years of contributions; at any age with at least 35 years of contributions; at any age with at least 20 continuous years or 25 noncontinuous years of work in an unhealthy working environment or in a physically demanding natural environment. Insured women aged 42 with at least 20 years of contributions receive a reduced pension.</p>
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<p>Employment must cease.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Must be assessed with a total disability (loss of at least 66% earning capacity).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Pension supplement:</span> Paid if the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension is less than 60% of the insured's average earnings and the insured has dependents.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased was an <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or total disability pensioner at the time of death, had at least one year of paid contributions in the last 10 years, including at least 90 days in the year before death, or a total of at least 20 years of contributions.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors include a widow or dependent widower, children younger than age 18 (age 20 if a student, no limit if disabled), an unmarried daughter, and aged dependent parents (a father older than age 60, a mother older than age 55).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> Paid if the deceased did not meet the contribution requirements for a survivor pension and had more than 10 years but less than 20 years of contributions.</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> 3.33% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years multiplied by the number of years of contributions, up to 35 years, is paid.</p>
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<p>For insured persons working in difficult or hazardous occupations, each year of paid contributions counts as 1.5 years.</p>
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<p>The minimum pension is the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to wage changes.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The pension is 3.33% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years multiplied by the number of years of contributions.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 50% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years or 100% of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly pension is 100% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years.</p>
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<p>Pension supplement: 10% of the pension is paid, up to a total pension plus supplement of 60% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> 50% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to the <span class="nobr">widow(er).</span> If there is more than one legitimate widow, the pension is split equally.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 25% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each eligible orphan (50% for a full orphan).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Parent's pension:</span> 20% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each eligible parent.</p>
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<p>The minimum total survivor pension is the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the <span class="nobr">old-age</span> or disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor grant:</span> A lump sum of one month of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is paid for each year of service.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of one month of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is paid.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Social Security Organization (http://www.tamin.ir) administers the program through provincial branch offices and local agencies.</p>
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<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1949.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1975 (social security) and 1986 (self-employed insurance), implemented in 1987.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for government employees and military personnel.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Pays a contribution set by the Social Security Organization for medical benefits.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness and medical benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Must have at least 60 days of contributions in the year before the expected date of childbirth. The benefit is paid for live births or stillborns. There is no limit to the number of births.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> 75% of the insured's average earnings in the three months before the sickness began is paid for a worker with dependents; 66% with no dependents.</p>
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<p>The benefit is reduced to 50% of the insured's average earnings if unmarried and hospitalized in a Social Security Organization hospital; there is no reduction if the insured person has dependents.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid after a three-day waiting period (unless hospitalized) until recovery.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> 66% of the insured woman's average earnings in the three months before the birth is paid for up to six months (one year for multiple births).</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits</span></p>
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<p>Social Security Organization medical facilities provide medical care and medicine.</p>
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<p>Dental grant: 300,000 rials for a half set of dentures or 600,000 rials for a full set is paid.</p>
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<p>Public and private hospitals and clinics, as well as university hospitals and contracted-out physicians, provide medical services. Cost sharing and rates of reimbursement vary depending on the service.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits for dependents</span></p>
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<p>Medical benefits for dependents are the same as those for the insured.</p>
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<p>Eligible dependents include a wife and the first three children younger than age 18 (age 20 if a student, no limit if disabled); an unmarried daughter; a disabled, dependent husband older than age 60; and aged dependent parents.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Social Security Organization (http://www.tamin.ir) administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1936.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1975 (social security).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for government employees and military personnel.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> See source of funds under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>The daily benefit is 75% of the insured's last daily wage for a worker with dependents; 66% for a worker without dependents.</p>
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<p>The benefit is reduced to 50% of the insured's last daily wage if the insured is hospitalized in a Social Security Organization hospital.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid from the first day of incapacity until recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> For an assessed degree of disability of at least 66%, 3.33% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years multiplied by the number of years of contributions is paid.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly pension is 50% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years or 100% of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly pension is 100% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years.</p>
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<p>Pension supplement: If the pension is less than 60% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years and the insured has dependents, an additional 10% of the pension is paid, up to 60% of the insured's average earnings in the last two years.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: For an assessed degree of disability of 33% to 66%, a percentage of the full disability pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability grant:</span> For an assessed degree of disability of 10% to 33% or a disability that is the result of losing a limb, a lump sum of 36 times the full disability pension multiplied by the assessed degree of disability is paid.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Social Security Organization medical facilities provide patients with medical care and medicine. There is no qualifying period for prostheses.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Spouse's pension:</span> 50% of the permanent disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid to a widow or dependent widower.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> 25% of the permanent disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive (50% for a full orphan) is paid for each orphan younger than age 18 (no age limit for a student or if disabled) and to an unmarried daughter.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Parent's pension:</span> 20% of the permanent disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive is paid for each dependent aged parent (a father older than age 60 or disabled; a mother older than age 55 or disabled).</p>
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<p>The minimum survivor pension is 50% of the insured's average earnings or 100% of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the permanent disability pension the deceased received or was entitled to receive.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum of one month of the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is paid.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Social Security Organization (http://www.tamin.ir) administers the program through provincial branch offices and local agencies.</p>
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<h2>Unemployment</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1987.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1990 (unemployment insurance).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>All employed persons covered by the labor law.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons, foreign citizens, and voluntarily insured persons under Old Age, Disability, and Survivors.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 3% of payroll.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> Any deficit.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Unemployment benefit:</span> Must have at least six months of insurance before the date of unemployment. Must be registered at an employment office and capable of, and available for, work. Unemployment must not be due to leaving voluntarily, misconduct, or refusing a suitable job offer.</p>
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<h3>Unemployment Benefits</h3>
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<p>55% of the insured's average earnings in the 90 days before unemployment began is paid plus 10% for each of the first four dependents.</p>
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<p>With six to 24 months of coverage, the benefit is paid for up to 12 months (six months if single); with 25 to 120 months of coverage, up to 18 months (12 months if single); with 121 to 180 months, up to 26 months (18 months if single); with 181 to 240 months, up to 36 months (26 months if single); with 241 months and longer, up to 50 months (36 months if single).</p>
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<p>The minimum benefit is the minimum wage of an unskilled laborer.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>The maximum benefit is 80% of the insured's average earnings in the 90 days before unemployment began.</p>
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<p>Insured persons aged 55 or older may receive unemployment benefits up to the retirement age.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare provides general supervision.</p>
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<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1953.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1975 (social security).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employment-related system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Exclusions: Self-employed persons.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> The total cost.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The parent must have at least 720 working days of contributions. The child must be younger than age 18 (no limit if a student or disabled).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Marriage grant:</span> Must have at least 720 working days of contributions in the five years before the date of marriage.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> Three times the lowest daily wage of an unskilled laborer is paid for up to two children.</p>
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<p>The minimum wage of an unskilled laborer is 6,089,070 rials a month.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the cost of living.</p>
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<p>Marriage grant: A lump sum of one month of the insured's average earnings is paid. If both spouses are insured, both the husband and wife receive the grant.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>Social Security Organization (http://www.tamin.ir) administers the program.</p>
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