Charity foundation to create 2,000 job plans in Golestan province

TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation will create 2,000 employment plans in the northeastern province of Golestan by the start of the Iranian calendar month of Bahman falling on January 21, 2020, ILNA news agency reported on Saturday.

ICT Ministry creates 68,000 job opportunities

TEHRAN – Iran’s Information and Communication Technology Ministry has created 68,000 job opportunities, ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said.

Relief foundation creates over 1.5m jobs for the deprived in 7 years

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has generated over 1.5m job opportunities for those financially struggling since the past 7 years, Hojatollah Abdolmaleki, the Foundation’s deputy director has announced.

Charity foundation, entrepreneurship fund to generate 28,000 jobs for the deprived

TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation and Omid entrepreneurship fund will create some 28,000 employment opportunities in deprived rural areas, Mehr news agency reported on Monday.

Knowledge-based companies create 140,000 jobs: official

TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies have created job opportunities for 140,000 applicants until the end of the Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 20, 2019), an official with the vice presidency for science and technology announced, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

Relief foundation to create 5,000 job plans in flood-stricken areas

TEHRAN –Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will open up a total of 5,000 job plans for those financially struggling affected by flood, Parviz Fattah, the Foundation’s head has announced.

Charity foundation to create 10,000 job plans in flood-hit provinces

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation will launch 10,000 employment schemes in 6 flood-stricken provinces across the country, IRIB reported on Monday. In order to ease destructive flood effects, some 10,000 job opportunities will be generated in provinces of Khuzestan, Lorestan, Ilam, Golestan, Mazandaran and Fars.

Job creation loans for the underprivileged up by 3-fold

TEHRAN – A total budget of 60 trillion rials (nearly $1.5 billion) has been allocated for job creation of financially struggling individual for the next Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21), which has increased by 3 times the current year’s budget of 20 trillion rials (about $480 million), Mehr reported on Tuesday.

Relief Foundation, vice presidency for science, technology sign MOU to enhance job opportunities

TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the vice presidency for science and technology inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation on generating jobs by the means of knowledge-based companies in the underprivileged areas, Mehr news agency reported.

500 job creation plans launched in western province of Lorestan 

TEHRAN —Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiye Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has launched 500 job creation plans in the western province of Lorestan, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. 

Welfare Organization to create 50,000 jobs by March 2020

TEHRAN – Over 50,000 job opportunities will be generated by the Welfare Organization for the individuals under the Organization’s coverage in the next Iranian calendar year (March 2019-March 2020).

Relief Foundation grants solar panels to the underprivileged for income generation

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF) has provided solar panels to financially struggling villagers in Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran, to help them gain income.

Relief foundation allots $1.5b to create jobs for the underprivileged

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has earmarked a total of $1.5 billion from the National Development Fund for generating jobs for the financially struggling individuals, the foundation’s head has announced.

$2.7b allocated to job creation in rural areas

TEHRAN – A total fund of 120 trillion rials (nearly $2.7 billion) has been earmarked for granting job creation loans to the people in rural areas nationwide, labor ministry’s caretaker has said.

Relief foundation allots $454m to create jobs for the underprivileged

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will spend a total budget of 20 trillion rials (nearly $454 million) on generating jobs for financially struggling individuals in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), the foundation’s head has said.

Iran’s Welfare Organization allots $150m to job creation

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.

‘New eco-lodges to generate 16,000 jobs in Iran’

TEHRAN – Building new eco-lodges will create some 16,000 jobs in Iran, the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization’s director has said.

Govt. presents package to back production, job creation

TEHRAN- Budget and Planning Organization of Iran put forward its 10-section protective plan to support domestic production and job creation during the present Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2019), Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

Relief foundation, ICT Ministry join hands to support job creation

TEHRAN – In collaboration with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation provides budget for ideas leading to job creation through crowdfunding, the ICT website reported.

$15.2b to be granted to job creation

TEHRAN- Some 654 trillion rials (about %15.2 billion) is predicted to be allocated for job creation by the end of the present Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019), Iranian Minister of Labor and Welfare Ali Rabiee announced on Monday.

‘Innovation ecosystem has a great impact on job creation’

TEHRAN -- Innovation ecosystem has a great impact on job creation for educated people, deputy science minister Masoud Boroumand told ISNA on Saturday.

Sport ministry to allot $95m to NGOs supporting job creation

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Sport and Youth will allocate a total sum of 4 trillion rials (nearly $95 million) to NGOs for supporting job creation, deputy director for youth affairs department of the ministry has said.

Tehran relief foundation to earmark $30m for generating jobs

TEHRAN — Tehran province’s department of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will spend some 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $30 million) on generating jobs for 8,000 financially struggling people in the province this calendar year (ending on March 20, 2019), the foundation’s provincial director has said.

Relief foundation allots $950m to job creation

TEHRAN — Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated some 40 trillion rials (nearly $950 million) to job creation for 200,000 individuals in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018-March 2019), the foundation’s head has said.

By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas

Salt mining in Lake Urmia: Opportunity vs. threat

The dryness of Lake Urmia in recent decades has revealed great salt reserves in its bed. Estimations for the amount of salt in the lake varies from 6 to 10 billion tons. That’s certainly a great potential for mining and has already tempted some individuals to extract some salt, however, there are different views on salt mining in the region.

Iranian relief foundation creates jobs, grants loans to the underprivileged

TEHRAN — The Tehran Province Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has created some 6,000 jobs and granted loans amounting to 700 billion rials (nearly $15.5 million) to the financially struggling families in the province over the current Iranian calendar year (March 21,2017 to March 20, 2018).

‘Younger Iranian generation is advocate of handcrafted arts’

TEHRAN – The younger generation in Iran is advocate of handcrafted arts, said Bahman Namvar-Motlaq, the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

Iran’s 9-month handicraft export rises 70% yr/yr

TEHRAN – The value of Iranian handicrafts exports, excluding suitcase trade, has witnessed some 70 percent hike in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year compared to the same period last year, an official said on Tuesday.

Govt. projected to create 1m jobs by Mar. 2019

TEHRAN- Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced that the government intends to create 1.033 million jobs by the end of the next Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 20, 2019) in case 3.27 quadrillion rials (about $74.8 billion) of investments is attracted, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

New handicrafts marketplaces to come on stream

TEHRAN – A total of five newly-constructed handicrafts marketplaces are due to be inaugurated in various cities of Markazi province, central Iran.