Before anyone says this is a western newspapers conspiracy, the facts of pedophile marriage come from official Iranian govt sources.
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Alarm as hundreds of children under age of 10 married in Iran
The trend has prompted child protection experts to warn of a surge in mental illness, suicides, teenage runaways and girls turning to prostitution as the nuptials frequently end in divorce.
While both genders are affected, statistics from the state-run civil registration organisation show the phenomenon to be more prevalent among girls. Some families are said to be marrying off their daughters to older men to pay off debts.An Iranian NGO, the Society For Protecting The Rights of The Child, said 43,459 girls aged under 15 had married in 2009, compared with 33,383 three years previously. In 2010, 716 girls younger than 10 had wed, up from 449 the previous year, according to the organisation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9500484/Alarm-as-hundreds-of-children-under-age-of-10-married-in-Iran.html
A forced marriage is something even an adult finds hard to prevent,even when it is illegal, let alone a child with even less avenue for help. I blame the family of the child as the main cause of this abuse. They are suppose to protect their child, not barter them off. Dohabunny.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's the families that are doing this but the government is allowing it as unde Sharia it's ok. Yes, maybe a 1000 years ago but times have changed and we need to update our sense of right or wrong otherwise we will still be going round murdering each other over land, religion or just because some other tribe said nasty things about our mother.
Deletenotice how this story comes out now when the US and its gang are trying their hardest to demonise Iran in the eyes of the international community in order to soften the publics resistance to their coming illegal war of aggression on Iran
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For a start the story is based on official government information from Iran itself and as for the US, maybe they want a war with Iran, (I doubt it) but on the pretext of underage marriage of children? That is some stretch of the imagination. Imaginary WMDs yes, abuse of children, no.
Deletelook for yourself - how many negative stories have their been over the last 5 years in the Telegraph regarding SA? Uzbekastan? Kosovo? How about child slave labour in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh??
ReplyDeleteDoubt US want war in Iran??How you been living under a rock?? What do you think Syria is all about if not Iran?? Do you self as favour and read the two parties middle east policies
Interesting point so I took a look at India first in The Telegraph and there are man stories which could be perceived as negative, including one about the Indian govt threatening to block the Telegraph due to the negative stories on India. So I don't see your point as valid,
ReplyDeleteIran and Syria are different cases. No one likes Iran currently not even the ordinary Iranians. Just can't see the americans started a war now while the sanctions are working.
Its an interesting point because its true. What negative reporting on India? Human rights?? Child slave labour? Forced marriage?? Where can I see this reporting in the Telegraph. Uzbekastan?? Turkmenastan?? Karzikstan?? Kosovo?? etc... You have spoken without thought once again.
ReplyDeleteOh and you need to be better informed. About 120 countries are attending the non aligned summit in Tehran. US, UK and Europe is not the international community that you allude to with "no one likes Iran". You couldnt even make your case as a majority of citizens for these countries.
Adamski, I seriously doubt US and allies will start a war with Iran over forced child marriages in Iran. Regarding US and allies trying to make Iran look bad or demonising them as a prelude to war, well Iran has been calling them the Great Satan for umpteen years now. How is that for demonising US? Also Iran, Russia and Malaysia rarely misses a chance to point out any US mistakes, flaws or anything that makes US look bad for the past 30 years. Does that mean these 3 countries have been trying to start a war with US and allies all this time? No. I don't think their mutual negative perception of each other in the media is anything to do with demonising each other to the point of war. If you touched on US and allies raising nuclear potential of Iran as a prelude to war, that would be more plausible. Your other point about US/European media not raising forced child marriages or other such issues in any country other than Iran is also baseless. Here are some links below to articles about forced marriages/child marriages in China, Kyrgyzstan and Kenya. None of these countries are on your supposed US or Europe's "war target" list. Please check out CNN Freedom Project which has articles on human slavery in Europe, Africa and Asia for the last few years. My point is these news articles about human suffering in Telegraph or other US/Europe media (many of whom are not controlled by their govt) have always been there to highlight the plight of these people in many countries around the world. Dohabunny
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/kyrgyzstan/8922962/Kyrgyzstan-starts-anti-bride-kidnapping-campaign.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/8739403/Burmas-women-forced-to-be-Chinese-brides.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-16/world/kenya.school.maasai_1_young-girls-child-marriage-maasai?_s=PM:WORLD
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/
Gee -Anonymous. I wonder why they would ever call the US the great Satan? Could it be anything to do with the overthrow of their democratically elected govt and installing the worst Dictator of the middle east - the Shah.
ReplyDeleteWhat about its proxy war with Iran through Iraq which ending up killing over a million people including the use of nerve gas happily supplied to Iraq through its western masters. I wonder. I really wonder.
Where did you read into what I wrote that US, UK etc want to go to war with Iran over kids and forced marriage??? WOW! They are so concerned about the welfare of children around the world, they are willing to let their manufacturing base go over to these 3rd world countries and exploit their labour for peanuts. Way to go.
These countries are manufacturing consent of it population through its war propaganda feed by the corporate media to attack Iran not for bogus nuclear weapons but rather they see Iran as an economic threat to it imperialist foreign policy.
Oh - on you last point - try news stories on Iran vs Kyrgystan or kenya. Compare and contrast the numbers in context of what I have said above.
PS - since when did a war crime become a "mistake"??
Adamski, your post "notice how this story comes out now when the US and its gang are trying their hardest to demonise Iran in the eyes of the international community in order to soften the publics resistance to their coming illegal war of aggression on Iran" implied that US and its allies are using Iran's forced child marriages as a part of its allegedly ongoing government fed media propaganda to justify starting war on Iran's elected government, no? If not intended that way, your post certainly strongly implied it. Hence my first sentence. Second point, you posted "how many negative stories have their been over the last 5 years in the Telegraph regarding SA? Uzbekastan? Kosovo? How about child slave labour in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh??", hence my post about these articles about countries other than Iran in the US/Europe media & the CNN Freedom project. My point there being, that Iran is not the only country that gets negative articles of such issues about it. Third point, when did I ever say Iran is or is not justified in calling US the Great Satan? I said they also demonise US but that does not mean Iran wants to start a war with US and vice versa. Unless you think Iran would have loved to START a war with US by demonising US all these years, you should agree with my point (just demonising a government does not necessarily mean trying to manipulate their own country/international community to start a war with US/Iran). Fourth point, when did I say or imply that war crime is a mistake??? I said the 3 countries (stated earlier) rarely fail to point out US mistakes, flaws or anything else that shows US in a bad light (plenty of which are not war crimes). Your diatribe above implies that US mistakes are limited to illegal wars/war crimes and if so, you need to read the Economist more often. Whereas these 3 countries criticise US not only on US led war issues but on many other issues. I reiterate my overall point, which is the US/UK media have articles (such as the OP thread) all the time (not just the last 5 years) about many countries in the world. Re your compare and contrast point to me, examples of other countries getting human rights criticism/social injustices based articles in the US/UK media on par with Iran, try North Korea, Burma, China or Zimbabwe (the number of such articles for each country could be more than Iran). US/UK media also save their utmost criticism on such issues for their own country and their own government. These US/UK articles criticising their own government on all such issues (illegal wars, social injustice, forced marriages, discrimination etc) are definitely more than any such articles on Iran in US/UK media. You are reading too much govt propaganda into US/UK media articles criticising Iran's forced child marriages (the topic of this thread). Dohabunny.
ReplyDeleteAnonomous - then in that case what "mistakes" are you referring to? US and Israeli poiticans have repeating said they are preparing to strike Iran and this has actively being promoted by the corpoarte media. When has Iran do this to US? Or any other country for that matter?? The Telegraph was pro Iraq/Afgan War and is also allowing the west to claim Iran has nuclear weapons without challenge. If there is any "criticism" that you speak of, it will only be of the right.
ReplyDeletePlease pay attention - the stories are used to soften public opinion about the coming war so they will accept the it bogus rationale. I notice the countries you mention are pretty much non allied with the West and its no wonder they have more coverage in the media than our good friends in say S. Arabia.
Have you done the sums yet?? How many negative stories of Iran vs India or any other US ally in the Telegraph over the last 5 years?
Do yourself a favour and get yourself an education and think before you speak.
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Adamski and Anonymous - wow you both need to sit together on the Corniche and put the world to right! Have either of you ever been to Iran? The blog is about how sanctions are causing more child marriages in Iran due to families experiencing hardships. As much as I enjoy reading some of your banter, please TRY to stick to the subject of the original blog and leave the personal attacks until you meet at the Corniche at sundown!
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