Iran faces battle to boost birth rate to stop demographic 'black hole' - analysis
Iran may not have a new generation of the kind of men that led it in the 1980s-2000s. The birthrate issue is only one part of the larger battle.
An Iranian soldier stands guard near Iranian Navy helicopter carrier Kharg at Port Sudan at the Red Sea State, October 31, 2012.(photo credit: MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN