Since this report Dr Forohari was murdered by extremists. When the fundamentalist Mullahs seized power back in 1979 they urged the country to pro-create. They wanted lots of young revolutionaries and they wanted them now. Twenty years later Iran has a massive population problem. From 34 million in 1979 to 73 million today, over 60% are under 25. Now the Mullahs, in a remarkable display of political pragmatism, have made a complete turn by instituting one of the world's most enlightened population control programmes. Vasectomies are encouraged and condoms are distributed free. Even sex education classes of surprising candour are now compulsory for all couples about to get married. This feature investigates a surprising development in deeply religious Iran and introduces the "condom king" of the Middle East, Kanran Hashemi. He convinced the clerics that if Iranian men were slipping on condoms, they might as well be Iranian condoms and he set up the region's only condom factory - pumping out 50 million condoms a year in a 24 hour-a-day operation. A fascinating look at the contrast between secular and traditional Iran.

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