Iran’s Electricity Usage Has Surged During COVID-19 Lockdown, Report Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranians have used 53,502 megawatts of electricity since the middle of March, a 12.8 percent increase from the same period last year, the Tehran-based Doniya-e-Eghtesad morning newspaper has reported.
Energy experts believe the...
Iranian Migrant Women Forced Into Street Vending in Cities, Activist Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Many female agricultural workers, livestock farmers, and handicraft artisans from rural regions who have migrated to major cities with their families because of the economic effects of the coronavirus become street vendors,...
Iranian Nurses Fearing Job Loss to Complain to Country’s Administrative Court
By Roshanak Astaraki
Some 536 nurses who were hired on an 89-day fixed-term contract during the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in the northern province of Gilan, and who are now in danger of losing...
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani to Leave Public Life, Teach at University
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani has said that he plans to leave public life and accept a job as a university professor after stepping down in the coming days.
Mr....
Iran’s Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers From Rial-Dollar Exchange Rates, Official Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian pharmaceutical companies have increased their production capacities in recent years and performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Mahmoud Najaf-Arab, the chairman of the Health Economic Committee of the Tehran...
Iranians Petition to Demand Justice for Slain Protesters
By Roshanak Astaraki
A petition has been circulating online since early May encouraging Iranians to support the “Justice Campaign” officially launched on April 24 by Manouchehr Bakhtiari, the father of Pooya Bakhtiari, a 26-year-old man...
Iranian Job-Seekers Say They Are Hit Hard By the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Roshanak Astaraki
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economies of most countries around the world and resulted in millions of job losses. Iran, which already faces double-digit inflation and rampant unemployment, is among the...
Iran’s Remote-Learning Scheme Neglects Low-Income and Rural Students, Teacher Says
By Roshanak Astaraki
The Iranian government this month rolled out its e-learning app “Shadi” (happy) as part of its broader education continuity plan to provide remote teaching to elementary and high school students who, under...
Iran’s Health Ministry Urged to Punish Private Hospitals That Cut Nursing Staff
By Roshanak Astaraki
In a letter to the Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Sciences, Dr. Saeed Namaki, the director of the Nursing Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (INO), Dr. Mohammad Mirzabeigi, has...
Iranian Businesses Hit by COVID-19 to Flood Banks with Bounced Checks, Expert Warns
By Roshanak Astaraki
Most Iranian businesses expected a surge in consumer spending before the Iranian New Year on March 20, but suffered massive losses caused by the coronavirus outbreak. As a result, banks will be...
