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2020/10/04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Aging population: a crisis bigger than coronavirus
TEHRAN – According to official statistics, Iran will be the oldest country in the world by the next 30 years. This will bring up many individual and social consequences both in national and international arenas even bigger than the coronavirus crisis.
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2020-05-18 22:21
By Faranak Bakhtiari
International Day of Families: population growth needs family-friendly policies
TEHRAN – Population, development and their consequences are strategic issues that require short-term and long-term policies and planning to be addressed. Due to the declining trend of population growth in Iran, it is better to focus on family-friendly policies.
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2019-08-07 18:34
Low birth rate unprecedented over past three decades
TEHRAN – Iran’s birth rate has been declining since last year up to now, which was unprecedented over the past three decades, head of committee on population studies affiliated to the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has stated.
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2019/05/31
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Encouraging large families entails deliberate, sensible policies
TEHRAN — While governmental bodies are beset by major, growing worries regarding low birth rate in the country, it is important to formulate and adopt deliberate and sensible policies to address the issue.
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2019-05-19 19:57
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran facing population decline; is it possible to reverse the trend?
TEHRAN – Many demographers believe that Iran’s population has started to decline more sharply, one point to consider, however, is that Iran’s population growth rate is similar to today’s world average but substantially lower than its peak a few decades earlier.
