I was reading the other day that Iran was going this because they want to increase their population. Couldn't they do this by taking in a bunch of Muslim refugees who need a place to settle down.
IRAN LAUNCHES ‘MATCHMAKING’ SERVICE IT PROMISES IS NOT A DATING SITE
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
by FRANCES MARTEL15 Jun 20153
The Iranian government, alarmed at the declining rate of marriage in the Islamic Republic, has announced it will officially launch a free online “matchmaking service” that officials insist is not a dating site. Unlike a dating site, users have no choice in who they are paired with upon subscribing to the service.
The Associated Press reports the site, hamsan.tebyan.net, launched on Monday and is encouraging single people to subscribe. “We have high demand for marriage and 11 million bachelors who are increasing every day,” said Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahmoud Golzari of the website, adding that it is “not a website for introducing boys and girls to each other.” Instead, the website will rely on a panel of “experts,” including religious scholars, doctors, and other professionals in each community, to sift through subscribers and match them for marriage.
The website explains the factors it uses to practice “conscious mate selection“: “1) religion and faith 2) values 3) Vitals 4) domestic jurisdiction 5) the economic characteristics 6) social features 7) psychological characteristics.”
The BBC notes that applications for the site ask users for age, marital status, parents’s occupations, and other social status qualifiers. It does not ask any questions that describe the users personality, such as taste in arts, music, film, or hobbies.
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IRAN LAUNCHES ‘MATCHMAKING’ SERVICE IT PROMISES IS NOT A DATING SITE
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
by FRANCES MARTEL15 Jun 20153
The Iranian government, alarmed at the declining rate of marriage in the Islamic Republic, has announced it will officially launch a free online “matchmaking service” that officials insist is not a dating site. Unlike a dating site, users have no choice in who they are paired with upon subscribing to the service.
The Associated Press reports the site, hamsan.tebyan.net, launched on Monday and is encouraging single people to subscribe. “We have high demand for marriage and 11 million bachelors who are increasing every day,” said Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mahmoud Golzari of the website, adding that it is “not a website for introducing boys and girls to each other.” Instead, the website will rely on a panel of “experts,” including religious scholars, doctors, and other professionals in each community, to sift through subscribers and match them for marriage.
The website explains the factors it uses to practice “conscious mate selection“: “1) religion and faith 2) values 3) Vitals 4) domestic jurisdiction 5) the economic characteristics 6) social features 7) psychological characteristics.”
The BBC notes that applications for the site ask users for age, marital status, parents’s occupations, and other social status qualifiers. It does not ask any questions that describe the users personality, such as taste in arts, music, film, or hobbies.
Continue reading at:
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/06/15/iran-launches-matchmaking-
