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Abstract
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Planning was initially taken into consideration with a view to development at the beginning of the 20th century and in the wake of international changes intervening the both world wars, a move that was later taken up by underdeveloped countries. In Iran, the idea of planning and the temporary attempts to implement it came to the fore before they found international acceptance, during the reign of Reza Shah, that is. Following the international and domestic changes caused by the Second World War, the idea of planning in Iran experienced a revival of interest within both the government and the national community. Attempts to develop the first plan and establish the Planning Organization took place in a space of four years. During this period, the employment of specialized knowledge, provided by American consulting firms and on the recommendation of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), led the Iranian Planning Organization to be considered as acting in the service of capitalist interests. The adoption of the first plan aimed at the cost of oil revenues in development programs was the beginning of the application of the planning system to the structure of the bureaucracy of Iran. The cut off oil revenues and the lack of cooperation with the planning innovators in Iran led to the recession of the first seven-year plan following the nationalization crisis of the oil industry. With the advent of Ebtehaj at the head of the planning organization and the flow of foreign aid and oil revenue, following the conclusion of the consortium agreement, the structure of planning has also find more successful and more new dimensions, but the differences and controversy of the next view of the CEO of the planning organization and the governing system, Soon the status of the organization changed by the structure of the country's bureaucracy. In spite of the fact that, along with the codification of the Third Development Plan as the first comprehensive program, the plan
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