The gaping birthrate situation has become so stark in Iran – so quickly – that seemingly nothing can be done. The country's age pyramid is inverting, with the elderly population rising from 4. ...

Iran's once-youthful population is aging fast, fuelling economic fears as cash-strapped couples resist a government push for more children. Driven by rising life expectancy and dramatically ...

Comparatively, there was a 6.3 percent elderly population in 2023, up from a 4.5 percent in 2014. Raisi previously said that he believes that Iran's population will decrease by nearly 50 percent ...

It is well known that Trump has no appetite for putting boots on the ground in Iran, fearing that it would inspire a nationalist backlash and prove counterproductive from a population that ...

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being supported by the in situ Afghan population, while a smaller number are being temporarily hosted in transit centers, while longer-term shelter solutions are being explored by the Government, ...

Iran has condemned what it described as a ... alternative to Trump's plan and which would not involve relocating the population. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei described ...

However, this hike comes amid an ongoing economic crisis in Iran, where the population is becoming poorer by the day due to rampant inflation. According to a report by the parliamentary research ...