TEHRAN- The Head of Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) Omid Ali Parsa put the number of jobless people at 3.226 million in the country, IRIB news reported on Tuesday.

The official said that unemployment rate during the nine-month period ended on December 21, 2017 fell 0.3 percent compared to the figure of the same period of time in the preceding year.

The youth unemployment rate also witnessed a 1.3-percent decrease in the mentioned nine-month period on year, he added.

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