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The principal authority for civil registration is the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR), which has 640 Departments or offices across the country. The office responsible for producing and publishing vital statistics is the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI). Another major stakeholder of the Iranian CRVS system is the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), which provides data on vital events. A coordination committee was established in 2014, along with the development of a national strategic plan. It includes other relevant stakeholders such as the Ministry of Interior, Municipals, Legal Medicine Organization, I.R. Iran Medical Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Universities, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of culture, etc. The National Population Database is a central address database which allows for better policy management and vital events tracking. It comes along with the National Intelligent Cards, electronic ID database that facilitates e-government and allows for the production of vital statistics.
The legal limit is of 15 days for birth registration and 10 days for death registration. At the beginning of the CRVS Decade, it was estimated that 98% of the births and 97% of the births were registered in time.
Challenges faced by the I.R. of Iran include the quality of cause of death coding, and the protection of electronic data privacy.
Mr. Mohammad Bagher Abbasi, Director-General, Bureau of Demographic and Migration Statistics
Mr. Mohammad Bagher Abbasi, Director-General,Bureau of Demographic and Migration Statistics
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 Targets:
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 Targets:
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
National Targets:
BASELINE
201499%
MIDTERM
201999%
TARGET
202499%
MIDTERM
201098.6%
TARGET
2024100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
201591%
MIDTERM
201996%
TARGET
202495%
baseline
201881.1%
MIDTERM
201981.5%
TARGET
202485%
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.
National Targets:
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2019100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2019100%
TARGET
2024100%
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.
National Targets:
TARGET
2015
TARGET
Target achieved
Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
baseline
2014-201575%
TARGET
202485%
baseline
201323.4%
MIDTERM
201916.3%
TARGET
202415%
Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.
baseline
2014-2015Yes
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
2024Yes
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

National Targets for 2024
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Not started

National Strategy
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

National Focal Point
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Iran (Islamic Rep. of): Complete
The principal authority for civil registration is the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOCR), which has 640 Departments or offices across the country. The office responsible for producing and publishing vital statistics is the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI). Another major stakeholder of the Iranian CRVS system is the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), which provides data on vital events. A coordination committee was established in 2014, along with the development of a national strategic plan. It includes other relevant stakeholders such as the Ministry of Interior, Municipals, Legal Medicine Organization, I.R. Iran Medical Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Universities, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of culture, etc. The National Population Database is a central address database which allows for better policy management and vital events tracking. It comes along with the National Intelligent Cards, electronic ID database that facilitates e-government and allows for the production of vital statistics.
The legal limit is of 15 days for birth registration and 10 days for death registration. At the beginning of the CRVS Decade, it was estimated that 98% of the births and 97% of the births were registered in time.
Challenges faced by the I.R. of Iran include the quality of cause of death coding, and the protection of electronic data privacy.
Mr. Mohammad Bagher Abbasi, Director-General, Bureau of Demographic and Migration Statistics
Mr. Mohammad Bagher Abbasi, Director-General,Bureau of Demographic and Migration Statistics