Iran: Information on whether a bride's father who refused to give his permission for his daughter's marriage could take legal steps against the couple after they married and has a child
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IRN28805.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on whether a bride's father who refused to give his permission for his daughter's marriage could take legal steps against the couple after they married and has a child, 1 February 1998, IRN28805.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0e77.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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The following information was provided during a 18 February 1998 telephone interview with a professor of women's studies at Barnard College in New York whose specialization is on women and Islam in Iran.
The professor stated that once the marriage has been performed and a child has been born it would be very unlikely that the bride's father would be able to do anything to disrupt the couple. The couple can always go to the husband's family. The professor added that it would be very unlikely that a judge would invalidate a marriage performed by another judge. If the "first" judge married them it would be because he has been able to make a case to waive the bride's father's objections. The professor stated that in practice the likely result of such a situation would be the outcast of the married daughter from her family.
The following information was provided during a 18 February 1998 telephone interview with the assistant editor of the Encyclopedia Iranica and a professor at the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, New York.
The assistant editor stated that there are no legal recourses for the father against the marriage, especially when a child has been born from the union. In Iranian and Islamic law the child would belong to the paternal lineage and the mother's father would have no recourse against the husband's family right to keep the child.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Assistant editor of Encyclopedia Iranica and a professor at the Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY. 18 February 1998. Telephone interview.
Professor of women's studies, Barnard College, New York, NY. 18 February 1998. Telephone interview.