"An adopted child is not the same as [one's own] child. The religious teaching allows a guardian to marry his adopted daughter. When a girl enters a family, she becomes Na Mahram (non-familial) when ...

Leaving the possibility of marriage open in the eyes and ... of the Iranian culture to marry your adopted child. Obviously incest exists in Iran more or less as it happens in other countries ...

The British government had called on Iran to spare Sabzian's life. "Samira is a victim of child marriage... Iran must cease its appalling treatment of women and girls," junior foreign minister ...

"Samira was a victim of years of gender apartheid, child marriage and domestic violence ... Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and UAE have 'diyah' as part of their modern ...

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As for the child, the authorities keep a confidential ... Although they are aware of the issue of children conceived in white marriages, few among Iran's elites have spoken about it publicly.

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For young Iranians, marriage is far less a magic carpet ride than a bumpy road ahead. Like an increasing number of Iranians, Mahnaz divorced after marrying young because of the pressures of a ...