TEHRAN- The number of jobs created in Iran’s rural areas will reach 159,000 by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017), the Deputy Head of the Iranian presidential Office’s Center for Development of Rural and Deprived Areas announced, IRIB news reported.

According to Enayatollah Rezaie, 18 trillion rials (about $466.56 million) has been provided by Iranian state-run and private sectors to finance the created opportunities.

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