EghtesadOnline: The number of civil servants dropped from nearly 4 million in the fiscal 2005-6 to 3.71 million in 2016-17 to constitute 16.7% of the total employees in Iran, suggesting that the public sector has a limited capacity for job creation, a recent report by the Majlis Research Center announced.

EghtesadOnline: The distinct division between public and private sectors as understood by economists does not apply in Iran.