TEHRAN – Interior Ministry spokesman Salman Samani has said that 14 governors will be laid off under the law on prohibition of the employment of retirees, ISNA reported on Monday.

“According to the examination conducted so far, 14 provincial governors, 11 deputy provincial governors, 5 governors, 12 directors of the Interior Ministry, 12 individuals from 31 provincial offices must leave their post,” Samani explained.

He further added that prohibition of the employment of retirees is part of the Rouhani administration’s policy to employ the younger generations in top state jobs and such trend will continue.

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