Iran’s youthful population – a product of the massive post-revolution baby boom – is increasingly frustrated and depressed; not surprisingly, young Iranians are having fewer children than ever. As the June 2009 election protests showed, Iran’s urban youth desperately want to end the country’s isolation, but they have increasingly found that the only way out of isolation is to study or work abroad – and never return.
此外，伊朗的伊斯兰革命再次遇到了似曾相识的矛盾： 它无法在避开西方化和现代化的同时实现自身的目标。 年轻一代的伊朗人是后革命时期大规模婴儿潮的产物，他们正感到越来越沮丧，越来越没有信心，还有一点不出人们所料，那就是年轻的伊朗人生育子女的数量少于以往任何时候。 正如2009年6月的选举抗议活动所表明的那样，伊朗的城市青年不顾一切地想要结束国家的孤立状况，但他们越来越清楚地意识到，结束孤立的唯一方法就是出国学习和工作——而且永远不要回来。