A university professor who slept on the streets for a few nights says in Iran infants are sold before even being born. Dr. Chitchian says the status of homeless people sleeping in the streets is so dire that infants are sold while they are still in their mother’s wombs at a mere price of 17.5 million rials (just around $500).
Chitchian presented his plan in a 9-volume book and provided an image of the outer-city areas in Tehran Province to the Ministry of Interior’s Social Group, the state-run Mehr news agency reported. According to his findings Tehran’s 12th district, consisting of the neighborhoods of Odjalan and Darvaze Ghar are in very poor conditions. (
State-run Mehr news agency – August 22, 2015)
The mullahs Interior Ministry reported 18 million Iranians are living in unofficial residential facilities.
Interior Minister director general Reza Mahbubi took part in this session and also mentioned the 18 million figure, and referred to the decrease in the country’s social wealth. He rated the country 14 and Tehran as 10 on a scale from 1 to 20.
“These numbers are truly concerning. I cannot provide many of the numbers because reporters are present and this is an open-door session,” he stipulated.
(State-run news agency – August 22, 2015)
Shahindokht Molavardi, Hassan Rouhani’s deputy in women and family affairs had said recently 5,000 of the 15,000 homeless people living in the streets of Tehran are women.
(State-run ILNA news agency – July 11, 2015)
Homayun Hashemi, head of the Health Organization had said around 6 months ago that 2,000 street children were identified and provided shelter for. He emphasized homelessness has grown amongst young women.
Tehran mayor Ghalibaf said regarding young women and college students seen amongst those sleeping in the streets in Tehran that the Iranian capital alone has 15,000 such homeless people. Amongst these individuals there are people who have translated 4 or 5 books and some are even graduates from Iran’s state universities!
(State-run IRNA news agency – August 19, 2015)