Iran's high council of employment plans to create 1.1 million jobs next Iranian calendar year, which begins on March 21, the Mehr News agency quots Iranian deputy labor minister Ali-Akbar Labbafi.
The fifth five-year economic development plan (2010-2015) has envisaged creating 1.1 million jobs per year, he adds.
During the past two years, the administration [of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] has created up to 3.2 million job opportunities, he says.
Iran's unemployment rate in autumn 2012 hit 11.2 percent, down 0.6 percent compared to the figure in autumn last year, IRNA reports on February 11, citing Iran's Statistics Center.
Iran plans to create 1.1 million jobs next calendar year
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