Unemployment reaches 40% among young women in Iran

Unemploymentamong women stands at above 20 percent in nearly two thirds of Iran's provinces, according to the regime's own statistics.

The unemployment rate is even higher among young women, the official state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.

The unemployment rate among women between the ages of 15 and 24 in Iran stands at over 40%, IRNA said.

Iran Increases Funding to Hezbollah Following Nuclear Deal

Hezbollah forces

Iran has increased funding to terror group Hezbollah following the nuclear agreement brokered with the P5 +1 in July, The Washington Times reporte.

Since the deal was signed, Iran has significantly increased its financial

support for Hezbollah, one of the largest terror groups in the region. ... This support, for example, has enabled Hezbollah to obtain highly developed new armaments, including advanced technologies that many militaries around the world would envy. Al-Rai, a Kuwaiti newspaper, reported Saturday that Hezbollah has received all the advanced weaponry that Syria has obtained from the Russians. ... As regards the Palestinians, in the past two months.

The funding boost indicates that Iran assumes crippling international sanctions will be lifted following the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) investigation of Tehran's past nuclear program.

IAEA to be present as samples taken from Parchin military site – Reuters

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Parchin military site

United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, Reuters reported on Friday.

The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between the regime in Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weapons-related tests may have taken place, Reuters wrote.may have taken place, Reuters wrote.