Iran unveils Islamic courting app to motivate marriage

© provided by Al Jazeera Hamdam is the handiest state-sanctioned platform of its variety within the Islamic Republic [File: Atta Kenare/AFP]

Iran has unveiled an Islamic courting software aimed at facilitating "lasting and advised marriage" for its youth.

called Hamdam – Farsi for "accomplice" – the carrier allows for users to "seek and choose their better half", state-run television talked about on Monday.

it is the best state-sanctioned platform of its type within the Islamic Republic, in keeping with Iran's our on-line world police chief, Colonel Ali Mohammad Rajabi.

while relationship apps are regularly occurring in Iran, Rajabi said all other structures other than Hamdam are unlawful.

Developed by the Tebyan Cultural Institute, a part of Iran's Islamic Propaganda corporation, Hamdam's web site claims it uses "artificial intelligence" to locate suits "simplest for bachelors in the hunt for permanent marriage and a single significant other".

'The satan's goal'

Tebyan head Komeil Khojasteh, talking at the unveiling, referred to family values had been threatened by way of outside forces.

"family unit is the devil's goal, and [Iran's enemies] are seeking for to impose their own concepts" on it, he spoke of, adding the app helps create "fit" households.

based on Hamdam's web site, clients should assess their identity and go through a "psychology look at various" before looking.

When a match is made, the app "introduces the families together with the presence of provider consultants", who will "accompany" the couple for 4 years after marriage.

Registration is free as Hamdam has "an impartial salary mannequin", the site stated without explaining additional.

Declining beginning costs

Iran's authorities, including Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have warned a couple of times in opposition t the nation's rising age of marriage and declining delivery fees.

In March, Iran's conservative-dominated parliament passed a bill titled "population boom and helping families".

It mandates the govt to offer big fiscal incentives for marriage and to motivate individuals to have greater than two children, while limiting entry to abortion.

The law awaits approval by the Guardian Council, which is tasked with checking that expenses are appropriate with Islamic law and the charter.