By Marie Rumsby of the Royal Society’s In Verba blog. In the years that followed the Iranian revolution, when Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to Tehran and the country went to war against Iraq, the women of Iran were called upon to provide the next generation of soldiers. Following the war the country’s fertility rate … Continue reading ‘UK Royal Society: Call for Submissions’ “People and the Planet” Study To Examine Population, Environment, Development Links