The same law provided incentives for early marriage such as interest free ... to obtain a passport and travel outside the country. Iranian girls and women are protesting discriminatory rules ...

This included lowering the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 9, and girls this young can still be married in Iran today. Iranian women have not only been forced to veil but have been ...

"We Iranian girls are not afraid of anything anymore ... "Our young people are under a lot of pressure," she said. A home, a car, and marriage are all "far-fetched dreams." ...

In response, tens of thousands of Iranian women marched in protest ... It lowered the minimum age of marriage for girls, first to 13 and then to 9 (it raised the age to 13 again in 2002), and ...

an Iranian Kurdish woman who was reportedly beaten by the "morality police" for improperly wearing her hijab, have transformed into a nationwide revolution led by women and school-aged girls.

A female Iranian rock climber climber who competed in an oversea competition without a hijab has been forced to leave the country after facing persecution. Elnaz Rekabi gained global attention ...

UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause ...