Merhnaz thought her expensive, private university degree in economics would be her ticket to a solid job. Instead, like hundreds of thousands of other young Iranians, she finds herself unemployed and unhappy.
"I've been looking for a job since graduation," says the 25-year-old, who finished university two years ago. "I took tests to enter government banks but I didn't succeed and I applied at the Tehran city council but they weren't hiring."
