Salaam, In Iran the banks offer a special loan called " وام ازدواج" or marriage load. The qualified young couples can apply and receive up to 30,ooo,000 Rials ($1000) each to facilitate their marriage. The policy behind such strange loans is to promote population increase while preventing the 'illegitimate' pregnancies. In Iran people lineup to receive such loans while interestingly, due to high cost of living, this amount may hardly cover the wedding cake! Stranger than all, the Iranian citizen living outside of Iran may also apply for this loan. Take a look a this website http://ve.cbi.ir/Default.aspx Hamid
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