Gov't Earns $350m on Conscript Payoffs

The administration of President Hassan Rouhani has earned $350 million from money paid by conscripts to pay off their mandatory military service, a deputy of Iranian Public Conscription Organization said.
Brigadier General Ebrahim Karimi added that some 600,000 draftees have registered in the past four years to pay for clearing the penalty carried by the duration of their absence from compulsory military service.