In a disturbing new development, it has been revealed that
parliamentarians in Iran have passed a bill to protect the rights of children
which includes a clause that allows a man to marry his adopted daughter even as
young as 13 years.
The bill, which was approved on Sunday, caused a lot of
Activists to express alarm as the bill makes it possible for a caretaker of a
family to marry his or her adopted child if a court rules it in the interest of
the individual child.
Iran's Guardian Council, a body of clerics and jurists which
vets all parliamentary bills before the constitution and the Islamic law, has
yet to issue its verdict on the controversial legislation.
It has been revealed that the girls in Iran can get married
as young as age 13 as long as they have the permission of their father while
boys can get married at 15
