In Ghoucah, northern Iran, unemployment is skyrocketing and the younger generation with bachelor’s and master’s degrees are unemployed, often work as bus drivers or vendors, an Iranian from the city of Ghouchan said on Tuesday, February 16th.
“There are people who have three jobs, but their living conditions are still poor. Youths in Ghouchan have no recreation and there is no official to follow up on these issues. The mosaic factory workers have not received their wages for 8 months, but they don’t raise their voice fearing they might lose their jobs. They only have very limited protest rallies. The number of people who will be taking part in the elections will be very low and no one will be voting,” he said.