About 10 million of Iran’s 67 million people who are over the age of six can neither read nor write, according to a literacy official. Also, according to UNESCO, Iran’s 86th among the world’s 164 countries in literacy. The head of Iran’s literacy program announced these figures and added, “15 percent of Iranians continue […]
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Parliament: Economic Growth Under 0.5 Percent
While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration has for years refrained from providing statistics on the state of Iran’s economy and the numbers published by the Statistical Center and the Central Bank on inflation, unemployment, GDP and other monthly or annual figures have been ruled unrealistic by Majlis deputies, economists and international organizations, […]
Iran annual inflation hits 27.4 percent
Iran’s central bank says the annual inflation rate hit 27.4 percent at the end of 2012, one of the highest rates ever quoted by Iranian authorities.
About 35 percent of children in Tehran province have asthma and allergies
About 35 percent of children in Tehran province have asthma or various allergies, professor of Iran’s University of Medical Sciences, Ebrahim Razi said, Mehr reported.
Iran annual inflation hits 24.9 percent in October
Iran’s Central Bank says the country’s annual inflation rate hit 24.9 percent in October compared to 24.0 the previous month.
Rial drops by another 13 percent
Iran’s currency has lost another 13 percent in value as the rial continues its freefall against foreign currencies.
UN Inspectors Find Traces Of Iranian Uranium Enriched Beyond 20 Percent
The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency says that inspectors found some particles of uranium that had been enriched up to 27 percent at a site in Iran.
‘100-Percent Iranian’ Kentucky Fried Chicken Opens In Iran
Amid growing tension between the United States and Iran and sanctions that ban U.S. companies from doing business with the Islamic republic, an outlet of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has opened in the Iranian city of Karaj.
80 percent of Iranian workers live under poverty line
Freedom Messenger – The head of the Contract Labor announced the rate of a labor family’s expenses as 900,000 tomans [about 900 dollars]…
20 percent of the homeless in Tehran are women
Reza Jagiri, the Social Deputy of the Welfare and Social Participation Organization stressed that carton sleepers [homeless people who sleep in carton boxes on the streets] will be gathered from the city.