Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare

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Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare

Wezārate Taāwon, Kār wa Refāhe Ejtemāi Vezârat-e Ta'âvon, Kâr va Refâh-e Ejtemâ'i-ye Irân
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Agency overview
Formed	3 August 2011
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Cooperatives Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Ministry of Welfare and Social Security
Jurisdiction	Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Employees	46,294 (2019)[1]
Agency executive	Ahmad Meydari

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The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare (Persian: Wezārate Taāwon, Kār wa Refāhe Ejtemāi) is an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Cooperative business, regulation and implementation of policies applicable to labour and social affairs. It also oversees the Social Security (social welfare) of Iran. The social security (social welfare) program was formed on 3 August 2011 to insure the well-being of the people in Iran.^[2]

This Ministry was formed in 2011 by merging the Ministry of Cooperatives, Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Social Welfare. Merging of Ministries lowers the number of employments positions.

In the country, the activities of Minister of C.L.S. are focused on the regulation of labor laws, well-being of the workforce and stopping the brain drain.^[3] The Ministry of C.L.S. manages the entrepreneurship in Iran.^[4] It manages the annual entrepreneurs festival. In the festival, prizes are donated to the winners of The National Festival of Entrepreneurs in Iran.^[5]