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Applicants will submit their detailed personal information to the site and then matchmakers will find the best fit for them, he explained.
Eleven million of Iran's 80 million citizens are bachelors under 30, and the matchmaking website is a part of a larger official effort in Iran to reduce this number and increase birthrates. Iran has pursued an effective birth control program for over two decades.
In the late s, Ayatollah Khomeini issued fatwas making birth control widely available in the country. The marriage rate has declined in Iran for years. Last year, Iran announced that this rate has fallen by six percent to , marriages. Some point to financial causes for matrimony's declines.
An economic downturn has made it difficult for young couples to afford the cost of starting households. Besides, some youths have less appetite for marriage than before. They do not believe in tying the knot, and find it more convenient to stay in long-term dating relationships. This trend, known in Iran as " white marriage ," has sparked criticism among clerics and officials. The new matchmaking website, its creators hope, will reverse these trends.
The site is free to use and will use a broad network of intermediaries, including clerics and trustworthy professionals, to pair people off. Officials told AFP that during its one-year trial, intermediaries introduced 3, men and women, of whom got married.
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