Child of a spouse

Child marriage: 131,000 children under 15 married in Iran in the past 5 years

According to data from the Statistical Center of Iran, over the past 5 years, 131,000 children under the age of 15 have been married in the country.

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Acid attack on child victim of a spouse in Jahrom; suspect arrested

HRANA News Agency – A man in a village in Jahrom County who threw acid on his 17-year-old wife…

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Child marriage: 299 marriages between the ages of 10 and 19 have been registered in Shabestar since the beginning of the year

The head of the Shabestar Welfare Department reported 58 cases of child marriages between the ages of 10 and 14 and 241 cases of child marriages…

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Reactions to the brutal murder in Ahvaz continue; contradictory statements from officials about the legal vacuum

Reactions to the brutal murder of a 17-year-old Ahwazi woman by her husband continue. Officials in the Islamic Republic have spoken out about the problem…

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کودک همسری؛ خودسوزی نوجوان ۱۶ ساله در دلگان

روز سه شنبه ۲۸ دی ماه، یک نوجوان ۱۶ ساله قربانی کودک همسری در شهرستان دلگان، دست به خودسوزی زد…

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Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission: A 13-year-old girl is not a child wife

The deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's legal and judicial commission says that child marriage should only apply to cases of marriages between the ages of 9 and 10.

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Journalist who reported on the murder of a child wife sentenced to prison

سینا (غلامحسین) قلندری، خبرنگاری که پیشتر خبر قتل یک کودک‌همسر به‌دست شوهر روحانی و خانواده‌اش در لرستان را منتشر کرده…

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Journalist detained for eleven days after reporting on the murder of a "child wife"

A local journalist in Lorestan province says that after the news of the murder of a teenage bride by her common-law husband was published,…

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