Financial Tribune - A total of 840,944 people have filed for unemployment benefits by June 8th, of whom 703,430 were found eligible, says, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare. The lions share of job losses following the outbreak of coronavirus occurred in the month ending March 19 with 372,891; unemployment payments ...

Financial Tribune - A total of 12,860 billion rials ($75 million) have been deposited into the Social Security Organizations Unemployment Insurance Fund, according to the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare. The funding came from the 1 billion coronavirus relief package from the National Development Fund of Iran, Mehr News Agency ...

Financial Tribune - The government will allocate 50,000 billion rials ($305 million) to Unemployment Insurance Fund to support those who have lost their jobs amid the outbreak of coronavirus, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare said. To prevent the spread of the virus, applicants are urged to fill out online forms ...