Table 1. Challenges of HIV/AIDS control in Iran .

The continues incidence of infection among IDUs

The increasing of sexual and mother-to-child transmission

Unacceptable transmission routes in point of society

Moral and legal obstacles gathering information and identifying new HIV-infected cases

Low coverage of preventive and curative services for HIV-infected people

High-risk behaviors among adolescents and youth

Increasing of demand and supply of illicit drugs

Increasing of poverty, emigration to borders of metropolises, Socioeconomic problems

Instability of Political will and financial resources