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At best, Iran’s population, with a total fertility rate of 2.5, will reach 102,890,000 by the next seven years, IRIB quoted Mohammad-Javad Mahmoudi, an official with the Civil Registration ...

Three Christian converts in Iran have been sentenced to more than ... when she was just 11 years old. During the marriage, she gave birth to two children and was falsely legally registered as ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

When a girl enters a family, she becomes Na Mahram (non-familial) when she reaches puberty unless the oath of making Mahram, or marriage is taken." Inside Iran Shiva Dolatabadi, head of Iran's society ...

The minimum legal marriage age for Females and Males in Iran is 13 and 15 respectively Iraq too has a poor record when it comes to women rights, though the minimum legal marriage age for Females ...