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Background The present study aimed to analyze the prognostic value of sperm morphology , total motile sperm count (TMSC) and the number of motile sperm inseminated (NMSI) on the outcome of intrauterine insemination (IUI). Materials and Methods This cross sectional study was carried out 445 women undergoing 820 IUI cycles. All of the patients underwent controlled ovarian hyper stimulation with clomiphen citrate and human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) followed by intrauterine insemination with the husband’s sperm. Pregnancy rate (PR) per cycle in correlation to sperm morphology, TMSC and NMSI was obtained. Statistical analysis of the data was done by the SPSS version 13 (Chicago,USA). Results A total of 81 clinical pregnancies were obtained for a pregnancy rate per cycle of 9.9%. When the TMSC was 5×106to