Documents Narrate the History of Inspection Institute; Organizational Evolution and Performance Assessment of Inspection Organization in Contemporary Iran

Not only there are little written documents on history of inspection and surveillance institution, but also these documents are not based on valid data and instances. By using the most trustworthy available formal documents (belonged to the first and second Pahlavi) and the experiences of officials and inspectors of General Inspection Organization, this paper tries to renarrate the history of this institute and gives a reliable answer to these questions: how modern inspection institute has formed in the contemporary history of Iran (in the first and second Pahlavi and in the IRI); how has it evolved in the shape of different organizations; and how has it done its special function. To do so, after reviewing briefly the concepts of inspection, we will try to identify the evolution of inspection institution and its function in the three mentioned periods. And likewise, this documented and historical narrative will provide the basis for a pathological deduction and to supply some recommendations to improve the functional status of inspection institution.