Hot on the heels of the Danes’ “sexual health is a human right” debate, our friends in the Persian Gulf have returned to an earlier justification of the State’s telos without resorting to a rights-based argument; rather, it recalls a notion of justice. Justice, however, is far and away a lofty ideal and the long and arduous machinations of the state will translate the ideal in process as the “Reza love fund”:

The love fund is a realisation of the new government’s slogan - taking oil money to the tables of the people … [it] will resolve problems among the youth such as employment, marriage and housing - Farhad Rahbar, Vice President and head of Iran’s Management and Planning Organisation

Further reading: Reuters; BBC

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