Marriages of 339 girls under 15 years of age have been registered in Kurdistan Province this year, whose average age ranges between 10 and 14.
This was announced by Mohsen Aghaii, general director of Kurdistan Province’s Census Registration Department.
Aghaii pointed out that 2,655 cases of divorce have been registered this year which shows 6 per cent increase compared to the same period last year. (The state-run Kord Today website – December 20, 2016)