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Khamenei orders controversial retirement law amended

Iran's supreme leader has called on the country's lawmakers to amend a recent retirement law meant to create opportunities for new young workers in the public sector.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran September 14, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo - S1AETHSUNEAB

The Iranian government implemented a new retirement law in September intended to abolish a decades-long practice of re-employing public sector managers already past retirement age, making room for young Iranians in the sector.

From the outset, controversy surrounded the law and its implementation as it excluded the president, presidential deputies, the judiciary chief, lawmakers, members of the Guardian Council, top military commanders and those who could win a special exemption from the country's supreme leader.

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