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716 girls under 10 marry in Iran in 2010

716 girls under 10 marry in Iran in 2010
# 28 August 2012 08:39 (UTC +04:00)
APA reports that this information was given by the head of Iran’s Association of Children’s Rights Farshid Yazdani.

He said that 43 459 girls under 15 and 449 girls under 10 were given in marriage in 2009: “The number of married girls under 10 was 716 in 2010. The number of early marriages was increased due to poverty. This mostly results in divorces, suicide and immorality.”

13 year-old girl may marry by authority of their fathers and court.
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