List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Modernity, Discord, ComplianceChapter 1. Change and “Face” in Modern Iran Chapter 2. Modernity and Early Marriage in Iran:A View from Within Chapter 3. The Four Faces of Iranian Fatherhood Part II. Population, Reproduction, PoliticsChapter 4. “And Never the Twain Shall Meet”:Reproductive Health Policies in the Islamic Republicof Iran Chapter 5. “As List E Karhayee Ke Bayad Anjame MidadamKhat Khord”: Contemporary Reproductive Body Politicin Iran Chapter 6. “The Only Thing [the State Is] Good at IsIntruding in People’s Beds”: Citizens as Tools ofReproduction Part III. Kinship, Family, GenderChapter 7. The “Down Side” of Gamete Donation:Challenging “Happy Family” Rhetoric in Iran Chapter 8. Gender and Reproductive Technologies inShia Iran Chapter 9. Assisted Reproductive Technologies andMaking and Unmaking of Kin in Iran:Transformation or Variation on a Theme? Part IV. Fertility, Religion, TechnologyChapter 10. Law, Ethics, and Donor Technologies inShia Iran Chapter 11. Conceiving IVF in Iran Chapter 12. Third-Party Gamete Donation, Anonymity,and the Conundrum of Lineage Conclusion Index