Suicide rates on rise in Iran as economic conditions grow more dire

Amid a rapidly deteriorating economic situation in Iran, news reports says that some workers are taking their own lives due to poverty.
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Iranian workers wait for jobs at Workers Square in front of the Great Mosque in central Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on Oct. 5, 2022. - SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images
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A correspondent in Tehran

Mounting economic pressure on Iranians has been accompanied by an increase in suicides, especially among the workforce.

According to the Iranian daily Etemad, at least 23 workers have committed suicide in the nine months since the start of the Iranian new year on March 21, 2022.  

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