15%: The newly released quarterly unemployment rate, according to the regime's Statistics Center of Iran. This represents a jump of 4% from this same period last year.
Masoud Shafaee is an attorney and freelance Middle East analyst based in Washington, D.C. He holds a Juris Doctor from American University's Washington College of Law and a master's degree in international affairs from the School of International Service. He was born in Tehran and hails from California.