Middle East Focus: Iranians Learn the Joy of Courting, Maybe………………….
Iranians Learn the Joy of Courting, Maybe………………….
“Iranian youths can attend courtship classes and earn a diploma before tying the knot as part of a newly launched government scheme to cut the divorce rate. The National Youth Organisation has unveiled an online course to educate the republic's overwhelmingly young population on how to find Mr or Mrs Right, pop the question, and live happily ever after. Interactive and lasting three months, the course designed by academics and clerics requires pupils seeking the diploma to sit for weekly tests. Iran's conservative leaders condemn dating and relationships out of wedlock and like to see men and women married off ideally in their early 20s. But according to official estimates, the average age of marriage has risen to 29, mainly due to economic hardship……” Cheers
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