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NCRI – An Iranian lawmaker has revealed there are now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran and ridiculed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim that he had created up to six million new jobs.<\/p>\nNCRI – An Iranian lawmaker has revealed there are now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran and ridiculed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim that he had created up to six million new jobs.<\/p>\n
Esmael Jalili, a member of Iranian regime\u2019s parliament’s planning and budget commission, said if Ahmadinejad’s boast were true, he would be slashing the jobless total by half.<\/p>\n
In an interview with state-run news agency Mehr, Jalili dismissed Ahmadinejad figures because the government considers anyone who works one hour per week as employed.<\/p>\n
He told the Mehr news agency: “Six million jobs in this administration is impossible, otherwise the unemployment would have been reduced by 50%.”<\/p>\n
Therefore he admitted that there were now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran, largely due to closures of factories and manufacturing units.<\/p>\n
Iran has a population of over 75 million according to a 2012 census. <\/p>\n
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NCRI – An Iranian lawmaker has revealed there are now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran and ridiculed Mahmou Ahmadinejad’s claim that he had created up to six million new jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Esmael Jalili, a member of Iranian regime\u2019s parliament’s planning and budget commission, said if Ahmadinejad’s boast were true, he would be slashing the jobless total by half.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In an interview with state-run news agency Mehr, Jalili dismissed Ahmadinejad figures because the government considers anyone who works one hour per week as employed.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He told the Mehr news agency: “Six million jobs in this administration is impossible, otherwise the unemployment would have been reduced by 50%.”<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Therefore he admitted that there were now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran, largely due to closures of factories and manufacturing units.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Iran has a population of over 75 million according to a 2012 census. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCRI – An Iranian lawmaker has revealed there are now at least 12 million people unemployed in Iran and ridiculed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim that he had created up to six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":39474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-12957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n