Iran government dating site

Iranian ‘Tinder’ Seeks to Encourage Marriage But Not Dating

Most divorces in Iran occur between couples under the age of With a high rate of divorce among a large, youthful population, authorities in Iran have stepped in to play Cupid with the launch of a state-run internet dating website. The vast majority occur between couples under 30 - the age group which makes up most of country's population. It is a statistic which is worrying officials. Announcing the plan earlier this year, Mahmoud Golrazi, the deputy minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, said he hoped the new site would help create ", marriages" and thus "solve the problem of marriage amongst young people". It was a bold claim, but a sign of the government's determination the reverse the trend. The new site is called hamsan. It is integrated in tebyan.

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Sites such as ChristianMingle. Even the traditional family unit is breaking down in Iran much as it is everywhere else in the world , with 1 in 3 marriages in Tehran, the capital, failing. Interestingly, the type of Shia Islam practised in Iran allows siegheh , a temporary marriage which can last as little as one hour!

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Iran has unveiled a dating app that aims to facilitate lasting marriages in the Islamic Republic, where the divorce rate is rising and birth rate falling. Hamdam, meaning "companion" in Persian, was developed by a body that's part of the Islamic Propaganda Organisation. It claims to use artificial intelligence to find matches "only for bachelors seeking permanent marriage" and just one wife. Dating apps are popular in Iran, but from now on only Hamdam will be legal.

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They have tinder in iran

Iranians trying to find love now have a state-sanctioned option to use — Hamdam, an app that requires every user to undergo a psychology test. The app , developed by the country's government-linked cultural center, the Tebyan Cultural Institute , was launched on Monday. A news release on the center's website claims that Hamdam, which is Farsi for "companion," will use "smart artificial intelligence technology" to find potential matches for its users.

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