When brothels are brought down, the people most often punished are the girls themselves.

Unwilling to distinguish between consensual intercourse and rape, officials will torture and execute girls for violating Iran's standards of behavior. In one particular case cited in the State Department report, a 16 year old girl was hanged after being accused of "engaging in acts incompatible with chastity.

Says the report, the religious judge who ordered the execution later received a letter of congratulations from the town's governor, thanking him for his "firm approach. Further, officials themselves have been accused of running child prostitution rings. In one prominent sting operation, several government officials and security officers were arrested during raids on at least five houses used as brothels around the town of Neka in northern Iran.

Officers from Iran's State Security Forces and Islamic Revolutionary Council have been arrested in brothels on multiple occasions. HIV awareness education is minimal there compared to in the West, and many who become infected are afraid to seek help.

The film features the story of two young prostitutes in her native Iran. It has been widely honored, recieving an International Emmy nomination, as well as the Golden Dragon at the Krakow Film Festival and Best International News Documentary at the TV-festival in Monte perform-bioeconomy.infoted Reading Time: 4 mins Iran?s rulers regard the control of citizens' morality as one of their main tasks. The state pays out millions to a censorship authority to ensure that "sexually arousing terms" - including bosoms, thighs, red lips, pubic hair - appear neither in schoolbooks, nor in artistic or literary works. But it is not just the state clinging to rigid ideas of morality; the majority of society holds A video showing an year-old girl marrying her year-old cousin in rural Iran has drawn new attention to a practice many Iranians believe to be in decline. But our Observer says child marriage is still common in some rural areas. The video shows a wedding that took place on August 26 in Bahmaei, an impoverished district in southeastern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. The bride and Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins

The Iranian government has vastly undertreated and under-reported cases, considering the disease a taboo that points towards sex outside of marriage. Joining us via Skype this week is Nahid Persson, director of the documentary Prostitution Behind the Veil.

The film features the story of two young prostitutes in her native Iran.

It has been widely honored, recieving an International Emmy nomination, as well as the Golden Dragon at the Krakow Film Festival and Best International News Documentary at the TV-festival in Monte Carlo. Tala will be asking her perspective on the situation of child prostitution in Iran, as well as ways to get involved in stopping it.

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The boys had no access to legal representation during the investigation stage and, following their arrest, the pair were held for two months at a police detention center "where they said they were beaten," according to Amnesty.

Families kept in the dark. On April 24, the boys were transferred from a juvenile correction center to Adelabad prison, said the rights group.

That same day, Amnesty said the pair's families were allowed to visit them but were not informed "that it was in preparation for their execution. The relatives were only informed of the executions the next day, when they were told to collect the bodies, Amnesty said.

One of the world's biggest executioners. But our Observer says child marriage is still common in some rural areas.

The video shows a wedding that took place on August 26 in Bahmaei, an impoverished district in southeastern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.

The bride and groom are seen sitting next to each other and hugging.

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Video filmed August 26, in Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province shows an year-old girl marrying her cousin, who is According to official statisticsin 5. The footage, posted on social media on September 1 and shown on state TV, caused widespread outrage. The families, however, told the media they will try to remarry the couple.

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Kamil Ahmadi, an Iranian-British researcher who wrote a book about underage marriage in Iran, was arrested on August No reason was given for his arrest. She asked to remain anonymous for this article because she is concerned about the consequences of talking publicly about the issue.

There have been other child marriages that have taken place in the last few months. The images made a strong impression on people, and brought pressure on local and national officials to take action.

First, the vice president of Iran for Women and Family Affairs tweeted that she was going to pursue the matter; then the local public prosecutor annulled the marriage after a ruling by a judge. Judges can rule whether a girl or boy is mature enough to marry. To test whether a girl or boy is mature enough for marriage, judges sometimes hold up a banknote and ask them how much it is worth.

Apparently in this case Fatima was such a child, as she was unavailable to answer these kinds of questions. This loophole in the law means fathers are often able to force their daughters to marry at any age. They can talk to a judge and convince him, or even bribe him.

Despite concerted efforts by moderate MPs and social activists to ban child marriage by amending the law, there has been little progress. Things have been getting worse and worse since the Iranian Revolution 40 years ago.