The Dish From Nash

August, 2007

I found .SV.v in Iran (May) compel­ling, but it left me wondering about the rate of STDs in that country. How about the availability of birth control? Are many children born out of wed­lock? Are abortions allowed?Theodore Belling Winston, New MexicoPart Esfandiari responds: "It's hard to say how num\ Ininiam have STDs; there are noreliable numbers. The UN estimates that as many as 160,000 people in Iran may have HI\', ami the numbers have been increasing. Most are thought to have acquired t...