Iran

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In Teheran wurde ein großer künstlicher See angelegt, um dem Bedarf nach Sport- & Erholungsgebieten in der von Hektik und Abgasen belasteten Stadt gerecht zu werden:

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Von dem Projekt profitiert der aktuelle Bürgermeister und Präsidentschaftskandidat Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, der sich bei der offiziellen Eröffnung sicherlich gern zeigte.

Wenn man diesem Bericht glauben schenken darf, dann wird es zukünftig noch ein Stück enger zugehen in den Großstädten:

Iran uses door-to-door diplomacy to spark baby boom
Population drive aims to raise population to 150 Million

Monday 22 April 2013
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About 150,000 health officials have been deployed for a programme of door-to-door diplomacy in an effort to persuade couples to have more children and single people to get married in an attempt to boost the population of the Islamic Republic. The move is in fact something of a U-turn, coming 20 years after the last attempt at state intervention into the nation’s bedrooms when officials offered citizens contraceptives and offered family planning advice to newly married couples.

Iran’s population currently stands at approximately 75 million. Last year, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered an end to the $15 billion (£9.8bn) national family planning budget and at the same time called for the population to reach 150 million.
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