Mohsen Zakerian, the head of the Nafas Foundation, has announced the latest statistics on abortion in Iran, stating that there are 500,000 cases per year. He also mentioned that 90 to 93 percent of these abortions are performed by married couples in official and permanent marriages. Analysts attribute the main cause of this to the country’s economic conditions and severe inflation.
According to the semiofficial ILNA news agency, Zakerian emphasized in a meeting of the Markazi Province Administrative Council that based on the available statistics nationwide, approximately 1,000 abortions are performed daily.
The reasons cited by Zakerian for abortion include economic, cultural, legal, psychological, social, and religious issues.
This level of abortion is taking place in the country while all responsible authorities in this field, including the Ministry of Health, have been instructed by the Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime, Ali Khamenei, to prioritize population growth.
Based on this, the Ministry of Health announced the launch of the ” Abortion Patrol” in April of this year.
In Iran, with the adoption of the law known as the “Support for Family and Youth Population,” numerous obstacles have been created for doctors and medical centers regarding abortion, and security and judicial measures, including the sealing of clinics or revocation of medical licenses, have been taken in this regard.
Nevertheless, according to this government official, an estimated 500,000 abortions occur annually, a phenomenon that should be traced back to economic issues and the lack of a clear vision of the country’s economic and political future.
Statistics show that in 2008, the unemployment rate exceeded 35 percent and the inflation rate was 25.4 percent. By autumn 2023, these figures had reached a 45 percent inflation rate and an unemployment rate exceeding 52 percent.
