Normative Aspects of Iran’s Privatization

Abstract

The present study seeks to examine and identify the shortcomings in the implementation of the privatization law from a normative perspective and to evaluate their compatibility with the principles of the Iranian Constitution and authoritative jurisprudential sources. In recent decades, with governments shifting from a traditional public administration model toward the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm, privatization has emerged as one of its core principles. Privatization has been defined as an economic policy aimed at balancing governmental activities with those of other economic sectors, with the goal of fostering conditions of perfect competition and achieving greater economic and social efficiency. Its objective is to minimize the government’s continuous and ongoing activities. Given the implementation of four development programs since the Iranian Revolution, the question arises as to what measures should be considered in privatization so that, alongside realizing its intended objectives, the negative consequences of its implementation can be reduced to the lowest possible level.