Fatemeh Arjmand Teimouri

Utilizing advanced assisted reproductive techniques demands preparing a suitable cultural and social context in a society. Putting forward such issues and attitudes in the scientific circles with the aim of constant tackling with problems and preparing the ground to overcome the future ones is really demanding. Furthermore, providing the highest quality infertility treatment services to the recipients is an absolute necessity. Some infertility treatment patients require third party reproduction treatments such as ovum, sperm, embryo donation and surrogacy. Studies conducted by the Jahad Iranian medical universities between 2011 and 2012 revealed the infertility rate in Iran to be approximately 22percent. ( female factor: 44.5 %, male factor 18.5%, both male and female : 10%,unexplained: 2.6%, unknown: 24.4%). Unfortunately, there are no precise and official statistics in Iran regarding the percentage of the infertile population resorting to third party reproduction treatments. However, in other countries around 10 _12 percent of Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) treatments are being replaced by donation methods. Despite aforementioned advances, it is estimated that a very low percentage of infertile couples in Iran receive such treatments. What is of paramount importance in such modern techniques is assessing the mental, physical and genetic health of donors and recipients. Preparations and approval of regulations concerning such advanced reproductive techniques by government agencies such as Iranian Health Ministry in order to prepare appropriate third party reproduction treatments guidelines to be used across the country is a national necessity