TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization has allotted some 6.5 trillion rials (nearly $150 million) to job creation in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018 to March 2019), the organization director has said.

Female breadwinners, people with disabilities, and ex-addicts are the groups who receive coverage from Iran’s Welfare Organization, Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey said, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. 

“In order to create jobs for we will grant low-interest loans to enterprises,” Mohseni-Bandpey explained, highlighting that last year more than 57,000 jobs were generated for those who are under welfare organization coverage and the number will surge dramatically this year. 

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