Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 22/ Trend A. Qurbanova/
Iran's unemployment rate reached 11.1 percent, IRNA reported, quoting head of Statistical Center of Iran Adel Azar as saying.
"The statistics are based on the most recent data by the Statistical Center of Iran, indicating the current rate of unemployment," he said.
Iran's population is nearly 75.5 million people and population growth has reduced by 1.3 percent. The inflation rate between April 21 and May 22 was 16.7 percent, but reached 19 percent between May 22 and June 21, he added.
The International Monetary Fund published a monthly report on Wednesday, predicting that Iran's inflation rate will increase to 22.5 percent by the end of 2011.