EghtesadOnline: Providing people with decent public transportation services is of high importance worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iranian cities.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian parliamentarians approved revisions to Article 54 of Direct Tax Code on Wednesday, which would make several changes to vacancy tax with the aim of returning empty properties to use as rental homes for people.
EghtesadOnline: Municipal bodies in Tehran metropolis are becoming more socially responsible and upgrading urban infrastructure to meet the needs of physically-impaired people.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 22,885 people with disabilities are members of Iran's cooperative enterprises, says Mohammad Kabiri, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has registered a 94% decrease in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits during the month ending May 20 compared with the month ending March 19, according to an official with the ministry.
EghtesadOnline: Public compliance with safety guidelines issued to minimize the spread of coronavirus has dropped by 55%, a health official said, raising deep concerns over the nationwide reopenings.
EghtesadOnline: The number of people infected with the new coronavirus fell below 1,000 on Monday for the first time in over a month, while the death toll saw a relatively sharp rise from a day earlier.
EghtesadOnline: Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution Saeed Reza Ameli has called for the formation of a joint international committee working against the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter to world religious leaders.