THE NUMBERS THAT PUT IRAN PROTESTS IN PERSPECTIVE

By Heshmat Alavi

The first chants heard in the Iran uprising launching on December 28th focused on skyrocketing prices and unemployment.The scope and depth of Iran’s unemployment are at times unbelievable, especially when you consider the fact that college graduates with Master’s degrees are seen as simple workers in construction sites, carrying loads in bazaars and other such means in their desperate effort to make ends meet.

A look at these statistics, from the regime’s own state-run media, provides an image and understanding of the power behind this time-bomb waiting to explode and bring 

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