Economic growth is the most important parameter to determine progress and the rate of development in every country. Man power is considered as an important parameter in all models of economic growth. Therefore, demographic variables play an important role in the economic growth of countries. During recent decades, demographic variables have experienced large fluctuations in Iran. Baby-boom in 60s, considerable decrease in the rate of fertility in 70s and its continuation and intensification in 80s has led to change in age structure of the country. The present paper seeks to examine the effect of these changes on economic growth. To this end, national product in considered as a function of capital and labor force and is estimated on the basis of Cobb-Douglas production function and ordinary least squares (OLS) method. The results indicate that capital and active labor force has a positive effect on economic growth and retired labor force has a negative effect on it. If seniority increases one percent, the economic growth, on average, will decrease 0.01, given that other conditions are fixed.

Aging is the last stage of human life. Different viewpoints on aging have been presented and studied. The purpose of this study was to determine older people's views on their past lives before settling in nursing home, their beliefs, thoughts and feelings about death and their views on the post-mortem life. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 elderly people living in a boarding nursing home. The interviews were thoroughly analyzed and data were analyzed using Colaizzi descriptive method, which provided three main themes and eighteen sub-themes. The main themes included the life the person wished to live, ideas on death, and after death life. The most intriguing themes were the concepts of suppressing one's own needs for the needs of others, the anxiety of death, isolation, acceptance of death, and the desire for eternal life in peace.

prediction of increase in the number of elders (60 years old and over) and their share in the population in future years justify the necessity of futuristic planning to monitor the problems of this group, which includes their medical needs, care for and attention to them.

The present paper investigates the futurology of Iran's population, in which a demographic-documentary analysis is used as its method. The most recent demographic predictions (2012) for world's countries, made by United Nations Population Division, indicate that Iran's population, according to three scenarios of UN (lower level, medium level and higher level), will reach to 87.7, 96.8 and 106 million people, respectively. According to the adjusted scenario which is proposed by the authors of this paper, Iran's population will reach to 91 million people in 1420 (2041).The received results indicate that under replacement level fertility (less than 2.1 infants born alive for each mother) will continue in Iran, which highlights the necessity of futuristic planning for managing seniority in the country. Improvement and reinforcement of family foundation and promotion of religious and Islamic values which are mostly family-based can help to promote the level of fertility and amend the age pyramid of population.

This article deals with a tradition in Lorestan province, related to incident in a fight when it leads to physical disability or homicide. In this case, both sides agree to repudiate confrontation and brawl by exchanging money or goods or girls. This tradition and practice is called xi sol (blood peace) or xun bas (renouncing gore). The article starts with a brief look at the geography of the region, different residing clans and the ethnic combination, through which the historical and geographical boundary of xi sol is defined. Subsequently the overall form and causes of local confrontations and disputes in the tribal context is scrutinized. The assumption presented in this article is that the codes and the way in which xi sol is carried out can be explained through headmen mediatorship. After explaining the expressions, proverbs, the goods and money exchanged in this traditional practice, the focal point of this article, is the exchange of young women and the terms and conditions of their marriage.