Tag: unemployment

Yarn factory closure throws 100 more women out of work

  One hundred workers have been laid off from the Acryl Top Factory in Behshahr and every one of them was a woman.ILNA reports that the Acryl Top factory in Mazandaran Province produced various kinds of yarn and thread. All of the workers reportedly had significant seniority and have now been referred to collect employment […]

Higher education in Iran means higher jobless rate

  Iran’s Minister of Science and Technology says the unemployment rate among university graduates is higher than the general unemployment average, and that is why the country’s academic elite go abroad for work. Mohammad Farhadi said on Friday February 27 that one million students graduate from universities across the country each year but they find […]

Commission warns of jobs crisis for university graduates

  The Research and Education Commission of Iranian Parliament has announced that four million university graduates are currently unemployed across the country. Ghassem Ahmadi told IRNA that 4.5 million students are currently enrolled in university programs across the country, and without a targeted and well planned program, within the next three to four years this […]

Iranian auto parts workers cut down by poor economy

  Iran’s automotive sector announced today, July 21, that close to 122,000 workers in auto parts factories have lost their jobs in the past year. A spokesman for the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association said that since last year, economic fluctuations have forced many production units to lay off between 30 to 50 percent of their […]