EghtesadOnline: Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei says he will continue to press for the elimination of absolute poverty if he remains in office for the next four years.

EghtesadOnline: After a 12-hour session, the Supreme Labor Council agreed to raise workers’ minimum wage for the next fiscal year (March 2017-18) by 14.5% to 9.3 million rials ($244.7) per month.

EghtesadOnline: Over the years of the first term of President Hassan Rouhani (Aug. 2013-17), the government ensured that the rise in civil servants’ salaries exceed inflation, which has been the case since 2014-15.

EghtesadOnline: The Supreme Labor Council agreed last week to determine the living wage and consider it as a base for setting the minimum wage next year.