The law to increase paid maternity leave from 6 to 9 months for working women has been implemented in the health and education ministries, said Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, head of population, family and school health office, at the Health Ministry. The ministries are also considering two weeks of paid paternity leave for fathers, IRNA quoted him as ...

Irans Minister of Health has challenged the new legislation passed by Parliament to criminalize vasectomies and tubectomies, saying the legislation is in violation of citizens rights. ISNA reports that Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, the ministrys head of population, family and school health, was commenting on the new legislation passed in Parliament aimed ...

Iran has launched a house-to-house healtheducation drive to persuade couples to have more children in a move aimed at engineering a baby boom and more than doubling its population. The health ministry is deploying some 150,000 officers to promote the benefits of marriage and urge single-child couples to expand their families. Medical ...