Iran fights dwindling birth rates

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Iran is facing a crisis: its population is ageing, and the country's birth rate has dropped to one percent. The government says the situation is a threat to national security and the economy. It has now scrapped family planning and increased money for new marriages in an effort to get its citizens to pro-create. But that encouragement is largely being ignored. Al Jazeera's Soraya Lennie reports from Tehran.