This is while, previously, it was approved in the Iranian Parliament that in certain cases, such as men having sexual affairs or addiction, women have the right to divorce, she said, according to a Farsi report by ICANA.
Nevertheless, men enjoy this right primarily.
Although women constitute about half of Irans population, they have been treated mercilessly in different periods of time.
Some Iranian lawmakers hold that women are the most innocent stratum of the society in judicial courts. They also maintain that to improve womens conditions, certain laws need to be revised a process in which jurists should be pioneers.
They also believe that Irans entire body of laws concerning women and family needs to undergo an extensive modification.
Jelodarzadeh stressed that Iranian laws fail to adequately support women in family cases and issues.
She noted that women are the most helpless people in judicial and legal courts.
When the parties involved in a lawsuit in an Iranian court include a man and a woman, the latter can hardly defend her rights. Therefore, we have proposed to set up a special court for handling womens lawsuits.
Some Iranian laws pertaining to women and family issues, such as paying blood money and divorce right, have already been amended, she said, expressing regret over the fact that Iranian women do not fully know about their own rights when signing their marriage certificate.
Referring to early marriages in Iran, Jelodarzadeh noted that such marriages are due to some peoples poor culture.
Previously, a ban on early marriages was proposed in the Iranian Parliament. Despite the emphasis on certain requirements prior to the marriage, such as a physicians corroboration of girls physical and psychological puberty, violations have been reported in this regard. In some cases, child marriages have been registered, she added.
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