Social Security Organization (SSO) is a social insurer organization in Iran which provides coverage of wage-earners and salaried workers as well as voluntary coverage of self-employed persons. In 1975, the Social Security Law was approved and the SSO was established.
Iran did not legislate in favor of a universal social protection, but in 1996, the Center of the Statistics of Iran estimated that more than 73% of the Iranian population was covered by social security. Membership in the social security system is compulsory for all employees.
SSO is a nongovernmental organization and it is solely financed by contributions (with participation of insured (7%), employer (20–23%) and government (3%)). Social protection is extended to the self-employed workers, who voluntarily contribute between 12% and 18% of income depending on the protection sought. SSO provides the following services:
• Retirement, disability and death
• Unemployment
• Old-age
• Helplessness, loss of caretaker and social vulnerabilities
• Accidents and injuries
• Physical, mental and psychic disability
• Health care and medical insurance
• Protecting mothers especially during the maternity period and child-rearing
• Protecting orphan children and unprotected women
• Planning particular insurance system for widows, old women and self-dependent women
• Poverty and inequity alleviation
• Assistance and rescue
Health care Services of the (SSO):
Under the provision of social security law, health-care services are provided in two ways:
1. Direct System:
In this system patients refer to SSO medical and health-care centers which currently incorporate 70 hospitals and 260 clinics, and receive free medical care and medicines.
2. Indirect System:
Here the SSO provides medical services to its members through:
· Hospitals and clinics belonging to the private and public sectors
· University hospitals
· Reimbursement the cost of inpatient care and outpatient care
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Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran (SEO) is the supervisory authority of Iran financial market that regulates activities of Exchanges, Associations and financial institutions. SEO aims to maintain a transparent and efficient market and protect investors' rights.
The Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran (SEO) was established in 2006 after Tehran Stock Exchange demutualization. The Organization shall be a public non-governmental institute with legal and financial independence and shall be funded through a service charge and admission fee collected from companies listed in the Exchanges and other revenues.
All Exchanges, financial institutions and intermediaries are obliged to be registered by SEO in order to operate in the financial market.