Despite the unwarranted difficulties of the past two decades such as an imposed war, economic sanctions, and various political-economic pressures, the country has made outstanding overall achievements in the economic, social and cultural arenas. However, today our national economy is facing basic impediments that are both structural and financial in nature. As long as sound and practical steps are not taken to remove these bottlenecks, no provisional policy or periodic measure will prove effective. Obviously, the losses inflicted will not be easily compensated in a short period of time.
One of the fundamental structural problems referred to above, is the issue of a centralized system governing over the country’s economy. The approval of the first two Five-Year Economic, Social and Cultural Plans was an attempt to minimize the administrative structure of the government by handing over the management of economic affairs to the public. However, in the past two decades, the last in particular, not only practical steps were not taken in this direction, but rather the administrative structure of the government has further expanded. The immediate mechanism to enable the country to free itself from its present preoccupations, is to reduce the size of the administrative structure of the government, while gradually amending redundant procedures.
    The second impediment is a financial issue, in other words, the problem of liquidity that has pressured not only the administration but the people as well. To solve these difficulties, new mechanisms and plans should be employed, namely the handing over of the management and the ownership of producing units to the public, especially those who are actively involved in the relevant fields. In fact, if the problem is tackled properly, not only will the economic structure of the country improve, but so will the financial conditions of the government, and that of various strata within the population. Subsequently, grounds will be prepared to facilitate the implementation of development projects, participation in joint ventures, and the creation of new job opportunities, all of which will result in the improvement of production quality.
    The implementation of a nation-wide ownership plan proposed by the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines, within the framework of its legal and national responsibilities, is an effort targeted at the removal of these impediments. Not only will this plan relatively improve the structure of the national economy over a certain period of time, say five years, but it will also prepare the grounds for the government to eliminate the heavy burden on the administrative sectors under its supervision.
    Furthermore, through privatization, the government will be able to obtain considerable sums of money and pave its way towards "true state sovereignty". In addition, diminishing financial power, which is preventing people from participating in the implementation of economic projects, will improve considerably, thus to some extent ridding the country of its current preoccupations.