Last year the International Monetary Fund said Iran has an unemployment rate of 11.2%, ranking 26th in the world in this regard.
In recent years a significant increase in women’s unemployment has played a large role in the calculation of unemployment in Iran. Women who are both educated and yet unemployed. Last week the Iranian regime’s vice president in women and family affairs said more than 40% of college educated women in Iran are unemployed.
“Unemployment amongst women with higher education and single mothers not only plays against their interests, it also has a majorly negative impact as the country is not being able to take advantage of these human resources,” Molavardi said.
“Currently, not only are women who have been deprived of education and necessary skills more likely to fall into crimes, but also there is a high number of educated women that are engulfed in economic problems and have resorted to committing crimes,” said Hossein Raghfar, a university professor. (State-run Fararu.com website – September 12, 2015)
The state-run Mizan news agency wrote the following piece: “A report of the Census Center on unemployment rates in spring 2015 shows unemployment amongst the country’s above 10 population standing at 10.8%. This is 9% amongst men and 19.2% amongst women. Unemployment amongst men in various age groups is 21.8%, and 47.2% amongst women.”

 (State-run Mizaononline.ir website – September 13, 2015)