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2022-10-03 17:55
Relief foundation supports 1.5m elderly
TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has covered 1.5 million financially-struggling elderly in the country, the deputy head of the Foundation has announced.
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2022-04-20 19:00
National Document for the Elderly to take effect next year
TEHRAN – The National Document for the Elderly will come into force in the next [Iranian calendar] year (March 2023-March 2024), Hesamoddin Allameh, head of the secretariat of the National Council of the Elderly, has announced.
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2022-01-08 17:14
$690m budget proposed for population growth
TEHRAN – The budget bill for the next year (March 21, 2022), has proposed 190 trillion rials (nearly $690 million) for childbearing and population growth, IRIB reported on Saturday.
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2021-12-26 17:27
Childbearing, population growth top priorities: official
TEHRAN – Population and childbearing are the main priorities of the country, deputy health minister Kamal Heydari, has said.
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2021-12-08 22:00
Elderly population in Iran snowballing
TEHRAN – The elderly population in Iran is increasing rapidly as there were 7.46 million senior citizens in the [Iranian calendar] year 1395 (March 2015-March 2016), which has now reached 8.4 million.
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2021-11-17 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Overcoming aging crisis with family support incentives
TEHRAN – The decline in the marriage rate, followed by a dramatic decrease in childbearing, has sounded the alarm of the aging population, an issue that has forced government officials to enact legislation to support the population growth and the youth.
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2021-10-25 17:40
Demographic indicators at ‘alarming’ levels
TEHRAN – Iran's demographic indicators demonstrate alarming records, as the population growth rate is about 0.6 percent, and it is predicted to reach zero in the next 10-15 years, and then record a negative growth rate, Saleh Ghasemi, a demographic researcher, has said.
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2021-10-01 18:15
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Take the crisis seriously: Iran's elderly population to triple in 50 years
TEHRAN – Over the last 5 decades, the elderly’s population has increased from about 5 to 10 percent, and it is predicted that this rate will triple in the next 50 years so that it is vital to take the aging phenomenon seriously.