I recall other parts of the Mid-East have something like a three or four tiered system. Arab ruling class on top, Westerners below that, Indians and third-world migrants below that and Palestinians and indigenous Arabs maybe below that.

Iran seems like it would be different since I couldn't imagine they have many Westerners at this point.

The whole thing sounds miserable. I know Saudi Arabia or Dubai have enough money to pick and choose who they want but, again, Iran? Anyone know the story?

"Working Hours: Sat - Wed 8:30 - 17:00, Thu 8:30 - 12:00" - I had to count twice to confirm that they're scheduled 6 days a week. Is that common outside the EU and North America?

be nice to have the option.

Which programming language do you use that isn't based on English?

Median age doesn't say much about the number of people over 40. Life expectancy in iran is around 70 [1].

Also, the last shah was overthrown in 1979.

[1] http://www.indexmundi.com/iran/life_expectancy_at_birth.html

And stunned. Yeah, stunned.

Probably. Also, this is Iran. There are pretty heavy social and political differences in the under-40 demographic that the employer may desire. For example: perhaps they have female coworkers or managers out-of-country, which is far less likely to be a problem with that age group.

I doubt it's anything more than a highly regimented social structure.

You see a form of it in the US when you see a job ad for a web developer where the company desires an MSCS in the candidate.

It's not legal in the US, but looks like this is a job posting in Iran.

Its normal in other countries. I've even seen dedicated field for max age on some russian job boards.

Personally, not that put out that some crap* body shop in Iran doesn't want to hire me. Really, I'll manage.

* feel justified in guessing they are crap based on job description and age restriction.