$142m in Loans for SSO Pensioners

The Social Security Organization, Iran’s largest pension fund, plans to allocate 6,000 billion rials ($142.85 million) in cheap loans and affordable housing to its pensioners in the current year (March 2018-19), the managing director of the organization said. “About 1,100 billion rials ($26.19 million) will be granted to SSO’s retirees and their families to fund their pilgrimage,” Taqi Nourbakhsh was also quoted as saying by Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture’s news outlet.