Iran to create 100,000 jobs in 5 years

Iranian Vice President Lotfollah Forouzandeh says the five-year economic development plan envisions the government employing over 100,000 people.

“The government emphasizes recruiting personnel for expert positions and leaving support [positions] to the private sector as much as possible,” Forouzandeh said in an interview with IRNA.

“Hiring of 100,000 personnel will be carried out during the five-year [Economic Development] plan and employing 23,000 nurses is a part of this [plan],” Forouzandeh, who is also a part of president Ahmadinejad’s Human Resource management team, said in the interview.

Iran’s Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan is part of the 20-Year Outlook Plan (2005-2025), which is the country’s main blueprint for long-term sustainable growth.

In late October, the Majlis approved the outlines of the Fifth Economic Development Plan in a vote of 131 to 44, with 17 abstentions.

The government also plans to gradually cut energy subsidies over the space of five years and has promised instead to compensate low income families with direct cash handouts.