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Historically, the Iranian government has frequently changed its views on family planning. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, family planning clinics were closed down and the Iranian government encouraged population growth. The price of birth control pills was inflated from one hundred rials to one thousand rials per pack and the newly formed Iranian Marriage Foundation encouraged marriage by providing newlyweds with furniture. The marriage age was lowered to nine years old for girls and fourteen years old for boys, and polygamy was legalized. However, in 1989, the government's policies began to rapidly change. The war with Iraq had ended, Ayatollah Khomeini had died, and the new leaders, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, recognized that there was a population growth problem.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning_in_Iran Family Planning in Iran]</ref> The government launched a new campaign to encourage families to have a maximum of two children under the slogan, "One is good. Two is enough."<ref>[http://bust.com/feminism/15416-births-of-a-nation.html Iran Once Offered Free Birth Control To All Its Citizens, And It Was Amazing]</ref> Furthermore, Iran's Health Ministry began providing free contraceptives, including condoms, pills, implants, IUDs and sterilization. By 1993, the government required that both college students and engaged couples classes on family planning. An Iranian condom factory reportedly produced more than 70 million condoms per year. | Historically, the Iranian government has frequently changed its views on family planning. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, family planning clinics were closed down and the Iranian government encouraged population growth. The price of birth control pills was inflated from one hundred rials to one thousand rials per pack and the newly formed Iranian Marriage Foundation encouraged marriage by providing newlyweds with furniture. The marriage age was lowered to nine years old for girls and fourteen years old for boys, and polygamy was legalized. However, in 1989, the government's policies began to rapidly change. The war with Iraq had ended, Ayatollah Khomeini had died, and the new leaders, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, recognized that there was a population growth problem.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning_in_Iran Family Planning in Iran]</ref> The government launched a new campaign to encourage families to have a maximum of two children under the slogan, "One is good. Two is enough."<ref>[http://bust.com/feminism/15416-births-of-a-nation.html Iran Once Offered Free Birth Control To All Its Citizens, And It Was Amazing]</ref> Furthermore, Iran's Health Ministry began providing free contraceptives, including condoms, pills, implants, IUDs and sterilization. By 1993, the government required that both college students and engaged couples classes on family planning. An Iranian condom factory reportedly produced more than 70 million condoms per year. | ||
The last decade has seen further shifts in family planning policy. In 2006, President Ahmadinejad declared that he wanted the population to increase from 70 million to 120 million and that having babies was the "main mission" of women. Many Iranian leaders were quoted as saying that population control measures belonged in the past. During this time, the government cuts its budget for subsidized condoms and family planning services, increased paid maternity and paternity leave and tried to make female or male sterilization illegal.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning_in_Iran Family Planning in Iran]</ref> | The last decade has seen further shifts in family planning policy. In 2006, President Ahmadinejad declared that he wanted the population to increase from 70 million to 120 million and that having babies was the "main mission" of women. Many Iranian leaders were quoted as saying that population control measures belonged in the past. During this time, the government cuts its budget for subsidized condoms and family planning services, increased paid maternity and paternity leave and tried to make female or male sterilization illegal.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_planning_in_Iran Family Planning in Iran]</ref> | ||
At times, Iran has experienced shortages of birth control pills in pharmacies, particularly due to Western embargoes. You can read a personal account of attempting to buy birth control pills in Tehran, during a period of embargoes, [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/narges-bajoghli/when-i-ran-out-of-birth-control_b_3671688.html here]. | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* If you want '''birth control pills''', you can find Contraceptive L.D., Lynestrenol, Yasmin and Yaz in Iranian pharmacies. These brands are either made by Aburaihan Pharmaceutical Company (Iranian company) or Bayer HealthCare (German company). | * If you want '''birth control pills''', you can find Contraceptive L.D., Lynestrenol, Yasmin and Yaz in Iranian pharmacies. These brands are either made by Aburaihan Pharmaceutical Company (Iranian company) or Bayer HealthCare (German company). | ||
* If you want an '''IUD''', you can find Mirena in Iran. | * If you want an '''IUD''', you can find Mirena in Iran. | ||