The app, he said, helps to create healthy families.Īccording to Hamdam's website, users have to verify their identity and go through a “psychology test” before browsing. “Family is the devil's target, and seek to impose their own ideas” on it, he said. Tebyan head Komeil Khojasteh, speaking at the unveiling, said family values were being threatened by outside forces.
While dating apps are popular in Iran, Col Rajabi said that all other such platforms, apart from Hamdam, are illegal.ĭeveloped by the Tebyan Cultural Institute, part of Iran's Islamic Development Organisation, Hamdam's website claims to use artificial intelligence to find matches “only for bachelors seeking permanent marriage and a single spouse".
It is the only state-sanctioned platform of its kind in the country, according to Iran's cyberspace police chief, Col Ali Mohammad Rajabi.