Iran's once-youthful population is aging fast, fuelling economic fears as cash-strapped couples resist a government push for more children. Driven by rising life expectancy and dramatically ...

According to Iran's National Institute of Population Research, population growth is slowing rapidly. With the current population at 86 million, the rate of aging is five times higher than the rate of ...

Makran is a largely undeveloped coastal area on the Gulf of Oman, stretching across Iran’s southern, impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province and part of neighbouring Hormozgan province. It has ...