Cooperation Day (Iran)

The Day of Cooperation is celebrated on September 4 in connection with the anniversary of the signing of the law on the cooperative sector of the Iranian economy in 1991 by the Mejlis . After the release of the new law, the Iranian Ministry of Cooperation was founded, which later became the Ministry of Social Security and Protection. Today the body is known as the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Security of Iran ^[2] .

The Iranian Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Security (Pers. وزارت تعاون ، کار و رفاه اجتماعی ایران) is one of the Iranian government bodies responsible for overseeing the cooperative business, regulating and implementing policies regarding labor and social issues. It was formed on August 3, 2011 through the merger of the Ministry of Social Security and Protection and the Ministry of Labor.

A cooperative is a state-owned controlled business that works for the mutual benefit of cooperative members. Cooperatives can be production and consumer, they differ from each other mandatory labor participation of members of the cooperative. Thus, a production cooperative is a commercial organization, since its main goal is to make a profit, while a consumer cooperative is a non-profit organization created to meet the specific needs of its members, without implying profit.

The first cooperatives were created in the 19th century by British philanthropists who wanted to improve the situation of workers in factories, but several decades later the workers themselves became the owners of cooperatives — shops, mills, haberdashery, etc. By the end of the 19th century, cooperation began to be widely used in the entire economy. Of Europe .

Currently, cooperatives in the following sectors of the economy are operating in Iran: agriculture, services, real estate, folk crafts (mainly carpet weaving), transport and lending.