Middle East
Suicide rate increase among youth in Iran
Every day in Iran 11 people committed suicide, according to news portal alef.ir citing official statistics. Around 3,125 people committed suicide in Iran fist nine month of the year (the year ends on March 21), among them 982 women and 2,143 men. Most suicides occurred in the provinces of Tehran, Gilan and Kirmanshah, least of all - in the provinces of South Khorasan, North Khorasan, Kohgiluya and Boyer-Ahmad.