Financial Tribune- So far, 4,250 infertile couples have been identified and listed under an infertility treatment plan called �Barekat-e-Khanevadeh� (Family Blessing), and the treatment process for 1,602 couples has begun or completed, resulting in a total of 125 pregnancies and 40 live births. The infertility treatment program is conducted by Barekat Foundation (affiliated to Setad which is a special office for executing the decrees of Imam Khomeini in helping the underprivileged).

The foundation has allocated 100 billion rials ($2.5 million) to the project so far which is in line with the population policy decreed by the Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to enhance population growth,� IRNA reports.� The plan has been underway since April 2015 in Iran�s underprivileged areas in 10 provinces and all infertile couples between the ages 20-40 years can benefit from the specialized treatments free of charge.