Iran's Q2 Unemployment Rate at 9.6%

Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 9.6% in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), indicating a 0.1% decline compared with the same period of last year. 
According to a new report by the Statistical Center of Iran, a total of 2,496,086 Iranians were unemployed in Q2. Men’s unemployment stood at 8.1% while the rate for women hovered around 17.7%. 
Over 1.74 million men and 751,239 women of ages 15 and above were jobless in Q2.   
The unemployment rate was 10.7% for urban areas (2.08 million people) and 6.5% for rural areas (411,930 people)...