The member of parliament’s cultural commission, Fatemeh Zolqadr, said that the new bill proposes revoking the existing two articles allowing marriages under the legal age in the Islamic Republic, Trend reports with reference to the Mehr news agency.
She added that the new bill will repeal the articles legalizing marriage of girls below 13 year-old and boys below 15 under parental consent and court permissions.
The current law has set the legal marriage age for girls at 13 and boys at 15, according to the Sharia. She further noted that the MPs are in talks with prominent religious leaders to obtain their advices on the law change.
Iran may restrict underage marriage
16 December 2016
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A group of Iranian parliamentarians are drafting a new bill restricting underage marriage in the Islamic Republic.
