Word: mostazafin
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...Iranian city dwellers have a serious common complaint, it is that the revolution has led to a sharp slowdown in the economy. Few factories are operating anywhere near capacity. Most privately owned companies have been taken over by the government-run Mostazafin Foundation, which inherited the assets of the deposed Shah's Pahlavi Foundation, or are being run by workers' councils. For the most part, these councils have shown themselves to be short on management skills and quick to vote themselves wage increases, fringe benefits and reduced working hours...
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