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Worker layoffs, which had intensified in the final months of 1404 due to economic conditions, have taken on broader dimensions with the start of 1405 amid wartime conditions, severed commercial ties, and deepening economic crisis. In Rasht alone, at least 2,000 workers have become unemployed over the past one to two months, and nationwide, the elimination 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 claims are signs of worsening employment crisis and pressure on workers' livelihoods. @VahidHeadline According to Etemad newspaper's report, shortages and severe price increases have emerged in the market for diapers and powdered milk—considered essential goods for infants. Based on this report, the price of domestically produced powdered milk has reached at least 350,000 tomans, and the price of each can of foreign powdered milk fluctuates between two to four million tomans. Additionally, many powdered milk brands have become rare or scarce. A seller at a pharmacy in eastern Tehran, speaking with Etemad, cited hoarding and the change in payment method from checks to cash as factors in price increases. In the diaper market, prices have increased between 70 to 100 percent; such that the price of a 20-piece pack of domestically produced diapers has risen from 104,000 tomans in Bahman month to 200,000 tomans. Other types of diapers, especially foreign and higher-quality products, are priced between 400,000 to one million tomans, and one type of 50-piece Turkish-made diaper is priced at approximately 3,375,000 tomans. @VahidOOnLine Alireza Mahjoub, Secretary-General of the Workers' House, a labor organization close to the official structure of the Islamic Republic, warned about the formation of a "new wave" of workforce reduction and layoffs on the occasion of International Workers' Day. Mahjoub said the received news about workforce reductions has been "beyond expectations" and it's still unclear to what extent the effects of unemployment from this situation will put pressure on the working community. @VahidOOnLine Alireza Mahjoub, Secretary-General of the Workers' House, on Friday, May 11th, coinciding with Workers' Day, warned about a new wave of workforce reduction, worker layoffs, and increased unemployment in a television program, referring to the country's special conditions. Mahjoub said: Based on reports we have, this year we will face a new wave of workforce reduction or layoffs. In another part of this conversation, Mahjoub reported the direct unemployment of 130,000 workers and the indirect loss of 600,000 job opportunities in the recent war, saying: "Large industrial units (steel and petrochemicals) and small industries dependent on them have suffered damage and been forced to reduce their workforce." During the American and Israeli attacks on Iran, some of Iran's major industries, including steel factories and petrochemical complexes, were targeted. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline
