small town of astaneh ashrafieh in the north of iran, situated in the province of gilan on the caspian seait's an area where religion and tradition still play and important role. -- an important role. the hosseinpours have invited their entire family for a visit. none of them know that the couple have undergone ivf, far away from home, in the capital tehran. faith in god is one thing, faith in modern medicine another. the large sign on the facade of the avicenna infertility clinic belies the fact that ivf is not widely talked about in the islamic republic, even though supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei issued a fatwa providing religious sanction for the process a few years ago. the clinic serves around 12,000 couples every year. there are such 70 clinics throughout the islamic republic. for more and more iranians, ivf is the only way to have a child. professor mehdi akhondi is the director of the institute. it's estimated that around 12 to 15% of couples worldwide are unable to have children. in iran, it's more than 20%. >> uortunately, infertility veryigh in iran. there are several rea

operating areas have expanded to include regular operations in the baltic, black, mediterranean and caspian seas. russia is also exploiting new opportunities in the arctic, building naval bases in the high north. so both china and russia are investing heavily in their fleets and in new bilingualistic and cruise missiles that can target u.s. naval forces. and of course we need to turn to the subject matter of north korea. kim jong-un will stop at nothing to develop a nuclear weapon that can strike oural ice, that can strike explode u.s. forces and eventually our homeland. a nuclear bilingualistic submarine would essentially make north korea i am pervious to threats of preemption. north korea is building fortified submarine bunkers and has begun testing submarine-launched ballistic missiles within the past year. iran is another rogue state developing a massive fleet of fast attack boats, and many submarines to deny the free passage of ships through the violate straits of hormuz. naval -- through the vital straits of hormuz. naval competition is intact. china, north korea and iran have been clearly