I heard that 70% of the Iranian people are under 30 years of age

[bigdarryl]

If true put a fork in that regime there DONE!!!!!!! because most of the young people want to live like the Western culture.

[grannie4peace]

1. 27 is ave age in iran as opposed to 37 in usa :)

[RoadRage]

3. I didn't realize 37 was the avg. here...

Man i'm getting old (32).. way to close to that average for comfort!!

[grannie4peace]

7. that's what cnn said this a.m. i hope i'm not spreading lies :)

[billyoc]

2. Logan's Run.

:scared:

[4lbs]

4. Look at the nice shiny horsey on that cool looking carousel.... (n/t)

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[4lbs]

5. Dupe

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[Duer 157099]

6. Is this a result of wars, or what?

What causes that sort of population skew?

[SidneyCarton]

9. see post #8

[grannie4peace]

10. having lots of babies- & from watching these past few days,

they are all computer savvy. millions of tweeters i'd guess. i never saw so many people with cellphones taking pics

[SidneyCarton]

8. Amazing things happen when you fight an 8 year land war with your well-armed neighbor

The Iran-Iraq war bled a generation of Iranians white, the nation is disproportionately young, at least in part due to the brutal fighting during the 80's

[RaleighNCDUer]

13. I'm not sure that makes sense.

Since the vast majority killed in the war (which was only @.5 million in a population of 80 million) were in their reproductive years, I'd think that would indicate a reduction in the numbers of the next generation.

If anything, it was due to the dismantling of the social structure by the revolution, which had a deleterious effect on the older generation - the educated, pro-west elites fled, the hospitals were understaffed, and the upper end of the demographic died early for lack of good senior care.

[AngryAmish]

14. The government urged the people to repopulate

And repopulate they did. With a vengance. HUGE families, but now it causes all sorts of social problems. Everyone trying to get entry-level jobs and all that.

[incapsulated]

11. That's been the case for a while now

This isn't the first time the younger generation has rebelled.

Unfortunately the last time they did they were crushed.

Then Bush invaded Iraq and everything went on hold.

Here is hoping this time they are successful.

[cauliflower]

12. "most of the young people want to live like the Western culture"?????

Do you speak for most of Iran's young people?

[Me.]

15. I Consider This To Be A Huge Factor Regarding Iran's Future

Here's a link to a thread I did about this which also links the facts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5856741&mesg_id=5856741