Iran set new records in unemployment rate of youths under 30 years of age.
The overall unemployment rate presently stands at 48.7, with women’s unemployment being 85.9 per cent.
The average unemployment rate for youths in the first half of the Iranian year (March – September 2015) has been 27.8 which is double the general unemployment rate in the country.
(State-run Mehr news agency and Tabnak website – January 5, 2016)