EghtesadOnline: A senior official at the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Iran has said that Tehran has always been giving due attention to cooperatives and their role in employment, creation and re-creation of wealth and social-economic opportunities.

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare for cooperative affairs Hamid Kalantari said on Sunday that the cooperatives sector had 1.8 billion dollar worth exports last year and the figure is predicted to reach 2.5 billion dollars this year.