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10 Countries Where Homosexuality Can Lead To Capital Punishment
Several countries have banned homosexuality, with many of them having the death penalty for same-sex relations.
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UN Voices Alarm At Growing Number Of Child Marriages In Iran
A growing number of young girls are being forced to marry in Iran, UN rights experts warned Thursday, decrying laws permitting sexual intercourse with girls as young as nine.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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Iran Changes Law to Make Divorce Harder
Iran has changed a law to make divorce by mutual consent invalid unless couples have first undergone state-run counselling, the country's latest move to tackle a rise in broken marriages.
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Iran Turns to Matchmakers, With Marriage Out of Favour
An alarming rise in the number of young Iranians who are shunning marriage prompted an unprecedented step from the government today, with officials launching a matchmaking website.
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Iran to Combat 'Immoral' Dating With Official Marriage Site
Iran has announced plans to combat what it says are "immoral" online dating websites by launching an official site for young people seeking marriage.
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In Iran, Love is Rarely a Many-Splendoured Thing
Like an increasing number of Iranians, Mahnaz divorced after marrying young because of the pressures of a conservative society that she feels often ignores a relationship's most important ingredient: love.
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Divorce soars in Iran, stirring fears of society in crisis
The wedding nearly 1,400 years ago of Imam Ali, Shiite Islam's most revered figure, and Fatemeh al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is commemorated in Iran's packed political calendar as a day to celebrate family values. But in a sign of the Iranian authorities' increasing concern about Iran's shifting social landscape, Marriage Day, as...
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10 Countries Where Homosexuality Can Lead To Capital Punishment
Several countries have banned homosexuality, with many of them having the death penalty for same-sex relations.
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UN Voices Alarm At Growing Number Of Child Marriages In Iran
A growing number of young girls are being forced to marry in Iran, UN rights experts warned Thursday, decrying laws permitting sexual intercourse with girls as young as nine.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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Iran Changes Law to Make Divorce Harder
Iran has changed a law to make divorce by mutual consent invalid unless couples have first undergone state-run counselling, the country's latest move to tackle a rise in broken marriages.
-
Iran Turns to Matchmakers, With Marriage Out of Favour
An alarming rise in the number of young Iranians who are shunning marriage prompted an unprecedented step from the government today, with officials launching a matchmaking website.
-
Iran to Combat 'Immoral' Dating With Official Marriage Site
Iran has announced plans to combat what it says are "immoral" online dating websites by launching an official site for young people seeking marriage.
-
In Iran, Love is Rarely a Many-Splendoured Thing
Like an increasing number of Iranians, Mahnaz divorced after marrying young because of the pressures of a conservative society that she feels often ignores a relationship's most important ingredient: love.
-
Divorce soars in Iran, stirring fears of society in crisis
The wedding nearly 1,400 years ago of Imam Ali, Shiite Islam's most revered figure, and Fatemeh al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is commemorated in Iran's packed political calendar as a day to celebrate family values. But in a sign of the Iranian authorities' increasing concern about Iran's shifting social landscape, Marriage Day, as...
