Leader hails efforts to boost Iran’s birth rate
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed efforts by the government and other institutions in Iran to boost…
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Low birth rate unprecedented over past three decades
Financial Tribune – Iran’s birth rate has been declining since last year up to now, which was unprecedented over the past three…
Single child families challenge Iran population growth rate
Around 19% of Iranian families have one child, and the widespread tendency among couples to opt for a single child, is a…
Free infertility treatment brings hope to many families
Since April 2015, an infertility treatment plan called ‘Barekat-e-Khanevadeh’ (Family Blessing) is underway in Iran’s underprivileged areas in ten provinces and all…
Conference on infertility
The 8th Scientific Congress on Fertility and Infertility organized by the research center of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science will…
Births increase
A total of 121,922 births in Tehran were registered during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 21),…
Tehran population growth rate close to zero
A bill to urge the Tehran Municipality to establish a population committee to counter the plummeting rate of population growth in the…
Iran reports surprise birth rate boom
Iran says it saw a surprise birth rate boom over the past calendar year that ended on March 21, 2015. The State…
Iranian parliament bans vasectomies in bid to boost birth rate
(Reuters) – Iran’s parliament has voted to ban permanent forms of contraception, the state news agency IRNA reported, endorsing the Supreme Leader…
Iran population decline alarms observers
With the spotlight on population growth, how many children should a couple have and what the government can do to encourage large…
Iran’s population grows in latest census report
Iran’s population has reached 78 million, with an increase of 333, 669 people in the past six months. IRNA reports that the…
Insurance coverage extended to 28 infertility medicines
Tehran, July 7, IRNA – Insurance coverage has been extended to 28 fertility drugs to help increase Iranian population. Anoushirvan Mohseni, managing…
Iran says final nuclear deal possible if sextet refrains from maximum demands
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Final nuclear deal possible if sextet refrains from maximum demands: Ravanchi An…
Iran daily: Tehran worries about “terrorism” as 3 guards killed on Iraq border
Iran expressed its worries about “terrorism” on Wednesday, as it confirmed three guards were killed by gunmen on the Iraq border. Foreign…
Health Minister challenges law against birth control
Iran’s Minister of Health has challenged the new legislation passed by Parliament to criminalize vasectomies and tubectomies, saying the legislation is in…
Iran lawmakers approve birth-control surgeries ban
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday criminalizing birth-control surgeries amid a drop in the country’s population, the semi-official…
Majlis invites Iran FM ‘to report’ on nuclear negotiations
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Parliament invites Zarif ‘to report’ on nuclear negotiations A member of Iran’s…
Iran fertility rate declining
Tehran, June 21, IRNA – Iran has a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.8, which is below the replacement level of 2.1,…
Leader highlights significance of population growth in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei once again cautioned against the dire consequences of declining…
Iran considers ban on vasectomies in drive to boost birthrate
Iran’s parliament is seeking a ban on vasectomies and a tightening of abortion rules as the country moves away from its progressive…
Iranˈs parliament votes to stop slumping birth rate
Tehran, April 15, IRNA – On Sunday, Iranˈs parliament voted in favor of a bill to prevent the declining birth rate in…
Call for timely marriage, childbirth
Zistboom: The best age for women to get pregnant is 18 to 35 years, said a deputy health minister. Ali Akbar Sayyari added…
Iran tries to reverse a slumping birth rate
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In Iran, free condoms and government-backed vasectomies are out, replaced by sermons praising larger families and discussions of…