Economic Players Dispute Official Statistics

Economic players have to consider a large margin of error if they are to use official statistics, a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said. 
Referring to the recent comments of a senior official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, who put Iran’s poverty line at 40 million rials ($143) for a four-member household, Mehrad Ebad added that the remark is in stark contrast with previous statistics, ILNA reported. 
A transcript of his statements are translated as follows: