• فارسی
  • العربیه
  • AL
  • Personal Story
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • Fake News
Monday, May 29, 2023
Iran Probe
  • Home
  • Reports and Articles
    • Articles
    • Reports
  • Terrorism
    • Foreign Targets
    • Iranian Dissidents
    • Regional Interferences
  • Iranian Intelligence Offshoots
    • Iran-Interlink
    • Nejat Society
    • Habilian
  • Demonization Campaign
    • Name calling
    • Iran-Iraq War
    • Kurds and Shiites Allegation
  • Iran’s Operatives
    • NIAC and Iran Lobbies
    • Vavak/ MOIS Agents
  • Ashraf 3
    • Dignitaries visiting Ashraf 3
    • Gatherings
    • In Media
    • Locals and Ashraf 3
  • Resources
    • Court Judgments
    • Legal Opinions
    • Press Displays
    • Publication
    • Source Articles
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Reports and Articles
    • Articles
    • Reports
  • Terrorism
    • Foreign Targets
    • Iranian Dissidents
    • Regional Interferences
  • Iranian Intelligence Offshoots
    • Iran-Interlink
    • Nejat Society
    • Habilian
  • Demonization Campaign
    • Name calling
    • Iran-Iraq War
    • Kurds and Shiites Allegation
  • Iran’s Operatives
    • NIAC and Iran Lobbies
    • Vavak/ MOIS Agents
  • Ashraf 3
    • Dignitaries visiting Ashraf 3
    • Gatherings
    • In Media
    • Locals and Ashraf 3
  • Resources
    • Court Judgments
    • Legal Opinions
    • Press Displays
    • Publication
    • Source Articles
No Result
View All Result
Iran Probe
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Child labor, a symbol of the pervasive poverty in the streets of Iran

June 13, 2022
in News, Reports, Reports and Articles
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

June 12 is the World Day against Child Labor, introduced by the International Labor Organization to raise awareness of and activism against child labor. The organization’s goal is to strengthen the global movement against child labor.

According to unofficial sources in Iran, the number of working children in Iran is between three million and seven million. Most sources have not provided exact figures; instead, they estimate that these are minimum numbers (The state-run Shahraranews.ir – June 12, 2020).

Due to the regime’s lack of transparency in providing statistics, there is no exact figure for social harm, including child labor. The same statistics on child labor have been mentioned unofficially among some sources since 2017. However, poverty and child labor have skyrocketed in recent years.

The number of working children in Tehran alone is estimated to be about 20,000 (The state-run bazarnews.ir – May 21, 2022).

Economic growth in Iran has remained at zero since the 1990s. In such a society, families have difficulty earning a living to support their family members. Therefore, children from these families are forced to work. A child without experience, knowledge, or skills will inevitably choose jobs such as garbage collection, cleaning car windows, selling flowers and fortunes, or more arduous tasks, such as working on farms or in kilns (The state-run etemadnewspaper.ir – April 7, 2022).

For example, teenage girls are suffering in small sewing workshops in Tehran, such as in the Marvi neighborhood. They must sit and work at a sewing machine in cramped quarters from morning to night. They sometimes work as many as 12 hours a day with low wages. These workshops are usually either on the underground floor or the upper floors of ancient buildings in small, cramped rooms. As a result, these girls are always unprotected against harassment by their employers (The Kurdish website aasoo.org – June 12, 2020).

Minoo Mehrz, director of the AIDS Research Center, indicated that the rate of HIV-positive working children is equal to that of sex workers. About 10 percent of the children who are sexually abused experience HIV at the age of 7 (The Kurdish website aasoo.org – June 12, 2020).

Alireza Shafiei Yazdi, a government psychologist, expressed her concern about the effects of sexual harassment on working children. She stated, “Child labor is directly connected to social harm. Over the past five years, the rate of social harm has increased in Iran. Proportionally, the number of working children and the harm caused by their presence has also increased. The economic failure and problems have also led to an increase in social crimes” (The state-run etemadnewspaper.ir – April 7, 2022).

Pictured below are a sister and brother who work on the streets during the.

READ MORE:

Iran: Children who never learned to draw

Iran Trains Children for War

Tags: Human RightsIranSlider
ShareTweetSendShare
Previous Post

Iranian Regime Pushes for Law to Intimidate Dissent

Next Post

Iran executes 26 prisoners in 10 Days

Related Posts

Reports

“The Iranian people are ready to overthrow the regime”, opposition leader tells MEPs

May 28, 2023
Reports

People of Iran Voice Their Hatred of the Regime as They Recall Atrocities

May 25, 2023
Reports

20 Million People In Iran Deprived Of Basic Living Facilities

May 22, 2023

Stay Connected

Latest Posts

“The Iranian people are ready to overthrow the regime”, opposition leader tells MEPs

May 28, 2023

People of Iran Voice Their Hatred of the Regime as They Recall Atrocities

May 25, 2023

20 Million People In Iran Deprived Of Basic Living Facilities

May 22, 2023

Iran: the country with the highest number of death sentences in the world

May 18, 2023

How Iran’s Regime Uses Drug Addiction as a Tool of Oppression

May 17, 2023

Backing the call for change: South Carolina Legislature backs Iranan protests

May 14, 2023

Follow Us On Twitter

About Iran Probe

Iran Probe

Iran Probe is the English version of the Iran Efshagar website that began its work back in 2004 in Farsi...
In the past few years Iran Efshagar has been able to expose the lies of the Iranian regime and its agents, who are active under the cloak of opposition figures or the regime’s lobbies in Europe and the United States.

Browse by Category

  • Ashraf 3
    • Dignitaries visiting Ashraf 3
    • Gatherings
    • In Media
    • Locals and Ashraf 3
  • Camps Ashraf and Liberty
    • Ashraf
      • Deadly Attacks
      • Iraq Nationwide Support
      • Medical Siege
      • Other atrocities
      • Psychological Torture
      • TIPF
      • Visit of International Delegations
    • Liberty
      • Attacks
      • Iraqi Camp Management
      • Liberty Medical Siege
      • Liberty News
      • Logistical Siege
      • Safety and Security
      • UNHCR Statements
  • Demonization Campaign
    • Iran-Iraq War
    • Kurds and Shiites Allegation
    • Name calling
  • Fake News
  • Iran's Operatives
    • NIAC and Iran Lobbies
    • Vavak/ MOIS Agents
  • Iranian Intelligence Offshoots
    • ADVT
    • Habilian
    • Iran-Interlink
    • Nejat Society
  • News
  • Personal Story
  • Reports and Articles
    • Articles
    • Reports
  • Resources
    • Court Judgments
    • Legal Opinions
    • Press Displays
    • Publication
    • Source Articles
  • Terrorism
    • Foreign Targets
    • Iranian Dissidents
    • Regional Interferences
  • Uncategorized
  • Videos

External Links

Stay Connected

Copyright © 2008 - 2020 by Iran Efshagar - English. All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Reports and Articles
    • Articles
    • Reports
  • Terrorism
    • Foreign Targets
    • Iranian Dissidents
    • Regional Interferences
  • Iranian Intelligence Offshoots
    • Iran-Interlink
    • Nejat Society
    • Habilian
  • Demonization Campaign
    • Name calling
    • Iran-Iraq War
    • Kurds and Shiites Allegation
  • Iran’s Operatives
    • NIAC and Iran Lobbies
    • Vavak/ MOIS Agents
  • Ashraf 3
    • Dignitaries visiting Ashraf 3
    • Gatherings
    • In Media
    • Locals and Ashraf 3
  • Resources
    • Court Judgments
    • Legal Opinions
    • Press Displays
    • Publication
    • Source Articles

Copyright © 2008 - 2020 by Iran Efshagar - English. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist