‘Tehran beggars make $1,500 a month’

May 5, 2010

Tehran: Beggars in the Iranian capital earn the equivalent of USD 1,500 a month — five times the official minimum wage — the Mehr news agency reported today.
“Tehran beggars make at least 500,000 rials (USD 50) a day or 15 million rials a month,” the agency quoted Sadegh Avvali, the official in charge of social services at Full article on financialexpress.com

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