EghtesadOnline: Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei says he will continue to press for the elimination of absolute poverty if he remains in office for the next four years.

EghtesadOnline: Over the years of the first term of President Hassan Rouhani (Aug. 2013-17), the government ensured that the rise in civil servants’ salaries exceed inflation, which has been the case since 2014-15.