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Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that ...

According to the Iran Human Rights Group they were among 32 people executed in the past week alone. A former child bride, convicted of later killing the man she had married at the age of 15 ...

"It is high time Iran stemmed this ever-swelling tide of ... A significant number of the women were victims of domestic violence, child marriage or forced marriage," she added.

A significant number of the women were victims of domestic violence, child marriage or forced marriage," she added. Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist who won election as Iran's president in July 2024 ...