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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 could be obtained at urban clinics, rural clinics and mobile clinics. The government also required that college students, soldiers and engaged couples take classes on family planning. These changes helped to successfully bring a decline in population growth and fertility rates.<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 could be obtained at urban clinics, rural clinics and mobile clinics. The government also required that college students, soldiers and engaged couples take classes on family planning. These changes helped to successfully bring a decline in population growth and fertility rates.<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 | The last decade has seen further shifts in family planning policy. In 2006, President Ahmadinejad declared that he wanted the population to increase, and many Iranian leaders and clerics have stated that population control measures belong in the past or were mistakes to begin with. The government has cut its 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://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/08/12/iran-bans-vasectomies-wants-more-babies/?utm_term=.8724a30ccb9b Iran bans vasectomies, wants more babies]</ref> <ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21603477-irans-leaders-are-worried-about-their-countrys-declining-population-make-more Iran: Making More Babies]</ref> However, many Iranian married couples, particularly middle-class and educated couples, may not feel the desire to have many children or any children at all. This is partially due to the increase in education among women, but many couples also cite the political and financial instability of the country.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/world/middleeast/iran-tehran-offers-incentives-to-middle-class-families-to-have-more-children-as-population-declines.html Urged to Multiply, Iranian Couples Are Dubious]</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]. | 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]. | ||