Roughly 3 million couples suffer from infertility in Iran
About 3 million of the total 15 million Iranian couples suffer
from infertility in the country.
Over 11 million young Iranians are also forecast to miss the chance
to childbearing due to increasing average level of the marriage
age, local media reported.
Iran's population is ageing rapidly. Over 70 percent of Iran's
population is people of 15 to 64 years, and about one third of
Iranians are 25 to 40 years old with half of them unmarried, the
report said.
Currently, the country's fertility rate stands at 1.8 percent.
Last year, Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei condemned the
country's policy on contraception, saying it too closely reflected
western lifestyles. Iran's family-planning program went largely
unchallenged until former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began to
criticize the "Two children are enough" slogan.
In April of 2010, he also said that "the country has the potential
for a population of 150 million."
Later the Supreme Leader made similar statements, saying that a
population of 150 to 200 million would be ideal.
The Iran's administration has curbed the government budget for
family planning.
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