Iran's solution is so close at hand. Take in loads of the refugees and, voila, your problem is solved. Many of the young women they take in will no doubt have more children to fulfill Iran's need for population.
Make more babies
Iran’s leaders are worried about their country’s declining population
From the print edition
There’s still room for another
“DECIDE tonight to rid yourselves of this ominous culture of having only one or two children,” intones a leading cleric on a state-run television programme, appealing to viewers to have at least five babies to match the Prophet Muhammad’s immediate family (himself, his daughter Fatima, his cousin and son-in-law Ali, and his two grandsons Hassan and Hussein—known together as “the people of the cloak”). But ideally you should aim for 12, the number of imams historically worshipped by Shia Muslims, who predominate in Iran. “Nothing less than five is acceptable,” he insists.
From mullahs to health ministers, the Islamic Republic is changing its tune on family planning. In 2012 Iran’s dipping birth rate prompted the supreme leader,
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Make more babies
Iran’s leaders are worried about their country’s declining population
From the print edition
“DECIDE tonight to rid yourselves of this ominous culture of having only one or two children,” intones a leading cleric on a state-run television programme, appealing to viewers to have at least five babies to match the Prophet Muhammad’s immediate family (himself, his daughter Fatima, his cousin and son-in-law Ali, and his two grandsons Hassan and Hussein—known together as “the people of the cloak”). But ideally you should aim for 12, the number of imams historically worshipped by Shia Muslims, who predominate in Iran. “Nothing less than five is acceptable,” he insists.
From mullahs to health ministers, the Islamic Republic is changing its tune on family planning. In 2012 Iran’s dipping birth rate prompted the supreme leader,
Continue reading at:
http://www.economist.com/news/middl...ans-leaders-are-worried-about-their-countrys-
