Iran was already in dire economic shape. Now millions face unemployment because of the war
Official data show 147,000 unemployment insurance applicants in two months, about three times last year, as war damage shuts factories and cuts jobs.
- Official data reveal 147,000 unemployment benefit claims filed in the past 60 days, three times higher than last year, as Iran's Deputy Labor Minister Gholamhossein Mohammadi confirmed the nation has lost at least 1 million direct jobs.
- U.S. and Israeli strikes over five weeks damaged some 20,000 factories—about 20% of Iran's production units—with heaviest damage to steel and petrochemical industries, the country's two largest non-oil exporters, according to Hadi Kahalzadeh of Brandeis University.
- Widespread internet shutdowns crippled freelance work while physical damage forced mass layoffs: Trailer-maker Maral Sanat laid off 1,500 workers due to steel shortages, Borujerd textile firm cut 700 jobs, and designer Asal reported losing all foreign projects.
- Soaring inflation has driven chicken prices up 75% and beef 68% over the past month, while the United Nations Development Programme warns up to 4.1 million more people could fall into poverty due to the conflict.
- Researcher Kahalzadeh at the Quincy Institute warned cumulative effects place 10 million to 12 million jobs at risk—about half Iran's workforce—as firms suspend operations under combined pressure of war, inflation, recession, and collapsing demand.
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War has plunged Iran into a deep economic crisis, with at least one million jobs already lost and millions more at risk since the conflict with the United States and Israel. The country’s key industries have been severely disrupted, while food prices surge at an alarming pace, placing immense pressure on households. Airstrikes over more than five weeks have damaged around 20,000 factories, roughly 20 percent of Iran’s production capacity, has cr…
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