EghtesadOnline: With the 27% rise, minimum wages have increased from 41,790,000 rials ($78) to 53,073,300 rials ($100) per month. Including all the fringe benefits, minimum wagers will earn 80 million rials ($151) per month in the current Iranian year (started March 21)

EghtesadOnline: Workers' wages cover only 38% of their living costs in urban areas and 69% in rural areas.

EghtesadOnline: The government’s debts to the Social Security Organization, Iran's biggest social insurance company that provides coverage to wage-earners and salaried workers as well as self-employed persons, amounted to 2,944 trillion rials ($11.2 billion) by the end of last fiscal year (March 19, 2020), the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare reported.

EghtesadOnline: Representatives of workers and employers will resume talks with Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare officials on a new agreement on the current year’s minimum wage and housing allowance on Wednesday.