The economic consequences of the war exacerbated the unemployment crisis in Iran and forced a number of laid-off workers to work as day laborers to earn a living.
According to a preliminary assessment by the Ministry of Labor of the Islamic Republic, during the war more than one million job opportunities were lost and approximately two million people were directly and indirectly unemployed.
Rozva Boubelhari, editorial member of Iran International, explains about the possibility of using unemployment insurance for this number of unemployed.