Point of View: Yasser Salimi
Yasser Salimi joins us as a Youth Ambassador from Tehran, Iran, where he is a board member of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC), an institution affiliated with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and is a Master’s candidate in International Relations. Yasser has attended many conferences on cross-cultural understanding and youth forums. He received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and has worked in the private sector and with PRESS TV, an international news network based in Iran. He has experience in volunteering and in the fields of corporate social responsibility and intercultural dialogue.
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A Challenge Rarely Addressed
We often hear about employment, housing, education, and marriage difficulties in Iran. These issues mostly affect single young men, since the financial management of a family is legally and traditionally the man’s responsibility. There is one challenge which affects all of the above mentioned issues but is rarely addressed or discussed seriously: the institution of compulsory military service for young Iranian men.
