Radio Farda website reported on 11 September: In its latest report about job liberty, the World Bank announced that the Iranian regime has fallen to the 142nd rank. The World Bank report says that in two thirds of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa, 27 economic reform programs have been carried out since June 2007 to June 2008; whereas there has been no economic reform during past year in Iran.

According to World Bank report, Iran was at the 135th rank in previous World Bank ranking and the current statistics shows its steep fall regarding job liberty.