Farhad Paederithani, head of the Hygiene Administration in the city of Gorgan in northern Iran admitted to the rising number of suicides in this city.
“From March to September of this year 25 people have committed suicide, of which 16 were women and 9 were men,” he said.
Referring to the many social problems people face under the mullahs’ regime he admitted that drug addiction, divorce and suicides are the main reasons behind social damages that is seriously threatening Iran’s society.
Suicide numbers in Iran under the mullahs’ regime have increased to 11 cases each day due to massive plundering and growing poverty. This means over 4,000 cases of suicides each year. Even regime officials say these numbers are less than the actual status quo. (State-run Tabnak website – April 12th, 2014)
Last year, Salehi Nassab, a member of the regime’s so-called parliament said over 100 people had committed suicide in the town of Dasht-e Azadegan in 2014 alone.
(State-run ILNA news agency – January 19, 2015)
