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Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
From a historical perspective, Iran has frequently changed its family planning policies. In the 1960s, Iran recognized that it was experiencing rapid population growth, and national family planning policies were introduced. Yet, following the Iranian Revolution (1979), the newly formed Iranian government, under Ayatollah Khomeini, focused on a traditional, pro-natalist approach. Family planning clinics were closed down, birth control policy was suspended and abortion was re-criminalized.<ref>[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/583de01e29687f52b5487598/t/59a647219f8dcef77913d3eb/1504069410527/Aloosh+and+Saghai+2016+Birth+Control+Policies+in+Iran.pdf Birth control policies in Iran: a public health and ethics perspective - Mehdi Aloosh, Yashar Saghai]</ref> | |||
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. 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, which were provided by urban clinics, rural clinics and mobile clinics. Furthermore, the government required that college students, soldiers and engaged couples take classes on family planning. These changes helped successfully lead to a decline in population growth and fertility rates, along with rising literacy rates and other significant changes in Iranian society.<ref>[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/583de01e29687f52b5487598/t/59a647219f8dcef77913d3eb/1504069410527/Aloosh+and+Saghai+2016+Birth+Control+Policies+in+Iran.pdf Birth control policies in Iran: a public health and ethics perspective - Mehdi Aloosh, Yashar Saghai]</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> | 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> | ||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* If you want '''condoms''', you can buy them in drug stores and supermarkets in Iranian cities, according to local sources.<ref>[https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293998-i9139-k10311367-Condoms_or_contraceptives_in_bag_on_arrival-Iran.html Iran Forum: Condoms or contraceptives in bag on arrival?]</ref> You can also find special condom brands, like Fiesta, which are manufactured locally in Iran, come in nine different flavors/types and were launched by DKT Iran (an NGO).<ref>[https://www.dktinternational.org/country-programs/iran/ DKT International: Iran]</ref> In the past, Iran even launched condom vending machines in Tehran, which were meant to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, but they were later considered to be promoting "immoral acts" and were removed.<ref>[https://iranwire.com/en/features/1278 Iranians in the Dark as AIDS Cases Rise]</ref> | |||
* 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 | * If you want an '''IUD''', you can find a variety of options in Iran, both locally-produced and from international manufacturers. For example, you may find the Pregna brand, which is a locally-produced IUDs taht was launched launched by DKT Iran (an NGO).<ref>[https://www.dktinternational.org/country-programs/iran/ DKT International: Iran]</ref> Furthermore, you may find internationally recognized IUD brands like Mirena<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163262/ Iranian Study: Levonorgestrel-releasing IUD versus copper IUD in control of dysmenorrhea, satisfaction and quality of life in women using IUD]</ref>, as well as locally-manufactured IUDs, such as | ||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
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