Iran Is Reversing Its Population Policy
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Middle East Program
Farzaneh Roudi writes on the Iranian government's recent reversal of its population policy—its fertility policy, to be more precise. Alarmed by the country’s rapidly aging population, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now calling on women to procreate and have more children.
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Farzaneh Roudi
Program Director for the MENA Region, Population Reference Bureau
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