The latest statistics posted by the Iran Census Organization show that nearly 420,000 Iranian girls under the age of 15 had married from 2004 to 2014.
Two days ago, Majid Arjmandi, head of the Social Emergency organ in Iran said during the past years 360 girls under the age of 14 had been married, with ten cases being under the age of 10!
“Marriages and divorces amongst children increased 45% in Iran from 2005 to 2010,” says child rights activist Farshid Yazdani.
The numbers in 2010 show that Iran had 37,000 divorced women and widows ranging from the ages of 10 to 18, he added. Yazdani said economic poverty is the main reason why families sendoff children between the age of 10 and 15 to marriage.

(State-run Radio Zamaneh – August 18, 2015)