“Unfortunately, the number of women who sleep in cardboard boxes have increased relative to their own sex in the past, not compared to the number of men,” Tehran mayor’s deputy for cultural affairs, mullah Maysam Amroudi said.
Amroudi also admitted that the figures released by any of the official agencies are not accurate. Other observers believe the actual figures are much higher than what is published or released by the government or its agencies.
(State-run ISNA news agency, Aug. 28, 2015)