From being single to soaring costs and war: Why Iranian women are freezing their eggs

• As marriage and childbearing are increasingly being postponed, factors such as difficulty finding a suitable partner, economic hardship and migration are leading some women to defer motherhood until later in life.
• Doctors and fertility specialists say the number of women in Iran opting to freeze their eggs is rising.
• The procedure, once used mainly for medical reasons — particularly among women undergoing cancer treatment — is becoming more common.