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Workers in Iran are in destitution
Despite pledges from the late president that absolute poverty would be eradicated by 2022, the reality is that Iran’s commitment to neoliberalism has seen working people plunged ever-deeper into misery, says JAMSHID AHMADI
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THE daily minimum wage in Iran is set at a mere $4 (£3.14), at a time when the poverty line equates to 35,000,000 tomans (£457) per month.
• According to the latest report by the Majlis (Iranian parliament) Research Centre, the poverty rate in Iran has increased from 19 per cent to over 30 per cent over the past decade.
• The number of people living below the absolute poverty line in Iran has doubled from 15 per cent to 30 per cent between 2018 and 2020.
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