ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the experiences of the Iranian planners with regard to planning models in the areas of macroplanning, regional planning, and optimal planning. It discusses the evolution and development of information systems that, in fact, constitute the statistical basis of national planning. A very important event in relation to the struggles within the Islamic regime over the question of private ownership was the outlawing of the pro-Soviet Toudeh party. The vast base of People's Mojahedin Organization's political activities and its increasing popularity among the younger generation had become an important concern to the Islamic regime. The input-output model is formulated by dividing economic activities into seven sectors: oil, agriculture, manufacturing and mining, construction, infrastructural services, other services, and noncompetitive imports. The appraisal of the future prospects for economic planning in Iran would then require an understanding of the economic positions of the major opposition groups.
