A sign in Iran saying "I am donating my kidney, Blood type A+" with a telephone number in Persian language
The practice of selling one's kidney for profit in Iran is legal and regulated by the government. In any given year, it is estimated that 1400 Iranians sell one of their kidneys to a recipient who was previously unknown to them.[1] Iran currently is the only country in the world that allows the sale of one's kidney for compensation (typically a payment); consequently, the country does not have either a waiting list or a shortage of available organs.[2][3]
According to an article in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the model has avoided many problems associated with organ trade but all models used in other developing countries have failed to slow down the worsening of transplant queues.[4]
A study has shown motivations for donating are purely financial in 43% of cases and mainly financial with a minor altruistic component in another 40%. Of the donors 76% agreed that kidney sale should be banned and if there was another chance they would prefer to beg (39%) or obtain a loan from usurers (60%) instead of vending a kidney. The goals of vending were achieved not at all by 75% of donors.[5] However another study has been more positive, with 86.5% of donors reporting "complete satisfaction" prior to discharge, and only 1.5% reporting regret.[6]
^Sarvestani, Nima (31 October 2006). "Iran's desperate kidney traders". This World. BBC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
^"Psst, wanna buy a kidney?". Organ transplants. The Economist Newspaper Limited 2011. 16 November 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
^Schall, John A. (May 2008). "A New Outlook on Compensated Kidney Donations". RENALIFE. American Association of Kidney Patients. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^Ghods AJ, Savaj S (November 2006). "Iranian model of paid and regulated living-unrelated kidney donation". Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 1 (6): 1136–45. doi:10.2215/CJN.00700206. PMID 17699338.
^Zargooshi, J. (2001–2002). "Iranian kidney donors: motivations and relations with recipients". The Journal of Urology. 165 (2): 386–392. doi:10.1097/00005392-200102000-00008. ISSN 0022-5347. PMID 11176379. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^Heidary Rouchi, Alireza; Mahdavi-Mazdeh, Mitra; Zamyadi, Mahnaz (January 2009). "Compensated living kidney donation in Iran: donor's attitude and short-term follow-up". Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases. 3 (1): 34–39. ISSN 1735-8582. PMID 19377257.
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