The Failure of the Youthful Population Plan in Iran
The newspaper Farhikhtegan, close to conservatives, reported on the failure of the Youthful Population plan in Iran, citing a decrease in population growth rate, a reduction in the number of marriages, an increase in divorce cases, a decrease in births, a drop in fertility rate, an increase in the number of elderly, and a rise in the number of infertile couples.
In 2020, the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a plan called ‘Youthful Population and Family Support’ which emphasized promoting marriage and childbirth. The plan stressed the removal of screening, the prohibition of abortion, and the distribution and sale of contraceptives.
Iran’s population is aging, and Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, has emphasized the necessity of increasing the population and warned about the danger of a declining young population.
In its report today, Farhikhtegan wrote that the number of births in the first nine months of 2022, after the implementation of this plan, has significantly decreased.