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More than 75% of respondents to an Iran Open Data poll said they have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Of those polled, 26% said they attempted suicide in the previous year. Men attempt suicide more than women, the poll suggests, while singles attempt suicide more than married peop

A review of Iran’s 2022 Appropriations Bill shows that the revenue of the IRGC’s Central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters has increased more than 16-fold year on year.Central Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters (not to be confused with Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters) is the highest military opera

In terms of energy security, the United States and Iran have moved in opposite directions in the past 18 years. In its move toward LNG self sufficiency, the United States has transformed itself from a major importer to a net exporter, while Iran’s stagnating infrastructure and inability to sell free

Iran Open Data’s review of the country’s 2022 appropriations bill shows that the share of taxes paid by powerful foundations and institutions associated with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is down from 50% to 0.3% of all tax revenues received by the government.Meanwhile, President Eb

The purchasing of homes by Iranians in Turkey has now reached one-seventh of the total number of housing purchases in Tehran. Analysis of data from the Turkish Statistical Center and the Iranian Central Bank of data shows that for every 7 houses traded in Tehran, Iranians buy one house in Turkey.Fro

For many years in Iran, the arrival of the Persian new year, Nowruz, coincided with an increase in deadly car accidents. According to the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, 1080 people had traffic-related fatal accidents during the previous Nowruz holiday. In the first week of this year’s Nowruz,

Iran Open Data’s poll shows 8 out of 10 respondents experienced catcalling and physical harassment. The highest number of catcalling incidents occurred in commercial, recreational, and administrative locations. The highest number of physical harassment incidents occurred aboard public transport, and

In Iran Open Data’s recent poll about profanity, 63% of respondents said they hear “a lot” of curse words daily. About 43% stated they themselves use “a lot” of profanity daily. About 77% stated they were on the receiving end of obscene and sexual insults, while 59% stated that they use obscene and

In the 2023 fiscal budget, the Islamic Republic allocates about a fifth of the total of its monetary resources to defense and maintaining “public order and security”. These resources are funded by oil exports, auctioning off government assets, levying taxes, and borrowing money. Iran Open Data

Recently released official statistics show that 6% of students, or one in every 16, drop out of school. This number reaches 20% (1 of every 5 students) in the second half of secondary school. Iran Open Data’s estimates show that this ratio rises to nearly 9% in female students, and it reaches t

The number of executions in Iran has increased by 24% since the beginning of winter compared to the average of the last 15 years, an Iran Open Data investigation shows.The average execution rate in the Islamic Republic was one execution every 17 hours between 2008-2022, but with the increase in the

Iran’s national currency lost more than half its value during the March 2022 to March 2023 period. The value of the U.S. dollar in Iran’s currency market was around 26,000 Tomans in March of 2022, but increased to around 60,000 Tomans in March 2023. Iran has weathered several currency shocks in