On the occasion of March 2nd, World Baloch Culture Day / Saeideh Khashi

You walked through the stones of Balochistan, at a time when you stayed in mud and brick houses, under sturdy black tents, in sunlit courtyards, and spent long nights in conversation with the ever-awake stars. You witnessed the sunrise in its most humble form, and sat in the company of wheat-carrying women, finding peace under […]...

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“Buying mandatory military service and the problems young people face in purchasing or completing it / Hana Amiri”

Military service in Iran has a history of over a century and is mandatory. Men, after reaching the age of eighteen, with the exception of a few who have exemption conditions, are all required to serve in the military. If they do not go to service, they will be deprived of all government services and […]...

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Field Report on Vegetable Street Vendors: Greasy Street Vendors and the Rule of Law/ Mehrnoush the Kind-hearted

“Informal” work is a form of paid work that is not recognized by economic laws. According to Marx, “wage labor” is work that has become a “commodity” and is bought and sold. Now, if this “commodified” work is defined as “informal,” it becomes a vicious cycle, as if the actor is only being exploited for […]...

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A Tragic Tale: Selling Body Parts to Survive/ Moein Khazaee

This is an undeniable fact that poverty not only affects the economic conditions of society, but also has an impact on the social life of citizens. The decrease in purchasing power of citizens leads to changes in their previous social habits, such as allocating expenses for leisure, clothing, suitable food, health and medical care, and […]...

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Smuggling, idle car fuel / Samireh Hanaei

“Smuggling of Iranian white oil to the Emirates. This headline has not yet caused any controversy in any news agency. However, it will soon find a place for itself in the news agencies. Fuel smuggling from Hormozgan to neighboring countries is not a new subject. Although occasional news from southern law enforcement authorities about the […]...

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Living in a state of poverty/ Mandana Sadeghi

When talking about working children or garbage-collecting children, authorities immediately announce eighty or eighty-five percent of these children as illegal foreign nationals to the media and report on their living conditions, work, laws, or lack thereof, to prevent the employment of foreign nationals. Government institution statistics estimate the number of garbage-collecting children in Tehran to […]...

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Emerging occupations due to poverty in Iran/ Saeideh Shafiei

These days, with the spread of poverty, new jobs have emerged in the Iranian economy. In this regard, the focus is on examining the emerging jobs caused by poverty. Initially, statistical evidence related to poverty and unemployment is mentioned from official reports. Then, some jobs and employment trends in the Iranian economy are discussed. High […]...

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Waste collection; the last resort for the unemployed/ Kioumarth Amiri

The phenomenon of waste picking in the global market, especially in Iran, does not have a long history. This false profession emerged about three decades ago, following the lack of fair distribution of facilities and the widening gap between social classes, and with the increase of poverty and unemployment in Iranian society, it has become […]...

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“Mian-buri to death; Koolbari in border areas; the result of people being pushed to the margins due to unemployment/ Bahar Abbasi”“Death in the middle; smuggling in border regions; the consequence of people being marginalized due to unemployment/ Bahar Abbasi”

The term “Kolbar” is a painful one for people due to the occurrence of some bitter events, such as the killing and death of Kolbars in the snowy mountains of Kurdistan. It is a pain that is caused by the lack of jobs, factories and workshops in their hometowns, and the deprivation of any remedy […]...

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Poverty, need, and false occupations of this era and time / Morteza Hamounian

More than six years ago, official media in the Islamic Republic of Iran reported on a historic explosion of false jobs in the job market. These media outlets reported on 23 million workers in the Iranian job market, of which, according to the then Minister of Labor, seven million were engaged in false jobs. (1) […]...

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