Unemployment rate in Iran dropped slightly year on year in the June quarter to stand at 7.7%.

Iran’s unemployment rate declined 0.7% year on year in the quarter to late December last year.

Official data by the administration of US President Joe Biden shows that more people were unemployed in the United States in August compared to the month before, and that the jobless rate for last month was the highest in six months.

US Labor Department figures show weekly unemployment rate in the country hits a five-month high.

Iran’s statistics agency says jobless rate dropped 0.5% in the quarter to December to 8.9%.

African Americans continue to experience a much higher unemployment rate even as US economists celebrated a job market recovery from the outset of the pandemic.

The US economy created the fewest jobs in seven months in August as hiring in the leisure and hospitality sector stalled amid a resurgence in COVID-19 infections.