EghtesadOnline: The U.S. budget deficit widened to $587 billion for the fiscal year 2016 on slower-than-expected revenues and higher spending for programs including Social Security and Medicare, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

EghtesadOnline: Iran Social Security Organization’s budget for the current fiscal year (March 2020-21) is at 1,700 trillion rials ($7.65 billion), which will be financed through capital gains and employment insurance premiums, says Morteza Lotfi, a board member of the organization.

EghtesadOnline: The Education and Human Resources Institute, affiliated with the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, is scheduled to hold a course titled “Social Security Insurance Services”.

EghtesadOnline: Director General for citizens' affairs in Social Security Organization Hossein Judaki said all Iranians and their families in countries like the United Arab Emirates, Oman, China, Qatar and Kuwait will benefit from social security services.

EghtesadOnline: First Vice-President Es'haq Jahangiri said that more than half of Iran's population is under social security cover.

EghtesadOnline: Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Wednesday called for promoting social security and providing the poor with the basic needs will help stem poverty in human community.