Gov’t Gives Shares to Repay $4.2 Billion Debt 

The Raisi administration has settled its debts to three public organizations and pension funds, including the Social Security Organization, the government spokesman. 
“Reimbursed debts amounted to 1,300 trillion rials [$4.2 billion],” Ali Bahadori Jahromi told reporters on Wednesday,
The repayments were made by divesting government shares in state-owned companies -- a common practice of governments in the past.