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1 May 2026, 14:04

The layoffs of workers, which intensified in the last months of 1404 due to economic conditions, have taken on broader dimensions with the onset of 1405, the wartime situation, the severing of trade connections, and the deepening economic crisis.
In Rasht alone, at least 2,000 workers have become unemployed in the past one to two months, and across the country, the loss of approximately 135,000 jobs, the exit of nearly one million people from the labor market, and the registration of at least 191,000 unemployment insurance requests are signs of a worsening employment crisis and pressure on the livelihoods of the workforce.
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According to the newspaper Etemad, there has been a severe shortage and price increase in the market for diapers and baby formula—considered essential goods for infants.
Based on this report, the price of domestically produced baby formula has reached at least 350,000 tomans, while the price of each can of foreign baby formula fluctuates between two to four million tomans. Additionally, many brands of baby formula have become rare or scarce.
A seller at a pharmacy in eastern Tehran, in an interview with Etemad, cited hoarding and the shift from check payments to cash as factors contributing to the price increase.
In the diaper market, prices have increased by 70 to 100%; for instance, the price of a pack of 20 domestically produced diapers has risen from 104,000 tomans in Bahman to 200,000 tomans.
Other types of diapers, especially foreign and higher-quality products, are priced between 400,000 to one million tomans, and a type of 50-pack diaper produced in Turkey is priced at around three million and 375,000 tomans.
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Alireza Mahjoub, the Secretary-General of the Workers' House, an organization close to the official structure of the Islamic Republic, warned of the emergence of a "new wave" of layoffs and dismissals on the occasion of International Workers' Day.
Mahjoub stated that the news received about layoffs has been "beyond expectations," and it is still unclear how much the unemployment resulting from this situation will pressure the working community.
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On Friday, May 1, coinciding with Workers' Day, Alireza Mahjoub, the Secretary-General of the Workers' House, warned in a television program about the new wave of layoffs, worker dismissals, and rising unemployment, referring to the country's specific conditions.
Mahjoub said: "Based on the reports we have, this year we will face a new wave of layoffs or dismissals."
In another part of this conversation, he reported the direct unemployment of 130,000 workers and the indirect loss of 600,000 job opportunities due to the recent war, stating: "Large industrial units (steel and petrochemicals) and the small industries dependent on them have suffered damage and have been forced to lay off workers."
During the attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, some of Iran's large industries, including steel factories and petrochemical complexes, were targeted.
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