Benefits

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has registered a 94% decrease in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits during the month ending May 20 compared with the month ending March 19, according to an official with the ministry.

EghtesadOnline: Sixty percent of jobs in Iran lack health and retirement benefits, which are also not entitled to government support offered to businesses during the coronavirus crisis.

EghtesadOnline: The European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, underlined the need to ensure Iran's benefits under the 2015 nuclear agreement in order to prevent the hard-won deal from falling apart.