The top echelon of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have agreed to take a 20% pay cut to help efforts to battle the effects of coronavirus in Iran, which is the Middle East country that has been hardest-hit by the epidemic, the Mehr News Agency reported Sunday.
The 20% deducted from the salaries of IRGC commanders will be disbursed to Iranians who lost their jobs because of coronavirus pandemic, IRGC Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ramezan Sharif announced.
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Sharif stated that all members of the IRGC have "announced readiness to allocate part of their wages to this benevolent act," and explained that more extensive pay cuts would be instituted in coordination with the relevant authorities.
Last week, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iranian citizens to "provide sincere assistance" to the nation's impoverished.
Khamenei said Iranians should create a society of "justice, dignity, science, brotherhood."
