Guardian Children Act, adopted by Iran in 1975, underwent changes in 2013. In the new version, article 27 states that “If the head of the family wants to marry the adopted child, he should send her details to a court for approval. If the marriage has already taken place, Welfare State Organisation must report it to the court, upon which the decision on the continuation of the care by the same family or its cancellation will be decided”. According to statistics provided by UNICEF, between 2008 and 2014, 3% of Iranian adolescents got married by the age of fifteen, and 17% by the age of eighteen The statistics of 2010 show that 43, 457 cases of children under the age of 15 have been registered officially for marriage. 90 percent of the statistics are related to young girls. But research shows that the number of children's marriages is not limited to statistics, since in rural areas children are married and live for years without formal marriage. Also according to the statistics in 2012, 37,000 children aged 10 to 18 were divorced or widowed. Each year, 800 girls from 10 to 14 years old and 15,000 girls aged 15 to 19 are divorced in Iran. Poverty and traditional beliefs are the cause of these early marriages. In most cases, the son-in-law’s family pays money to the bride's family, who are often poor to get married to their under-aged daughter. The implications of early marriage include increased illiteracy and ill-treatment among women, polygamy, house-venting, and spousal phenomena. See also Convention on the Rights of the Child Declaration of the Rights of the Child Human rights in Iran Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Notes 1. A lunar year, which is the measurement that the lunar calendar is based on, differences in length from the solar year by eleven to twelve days. Therefore, nine lunar years correspond to approximately eight solar years and 8 months and fifteen lunar years are approximately fourteen solar years and seven months. 2. Ihsan is the status of a married man who can have vaginal intercourse with his wife “whenever he wishes”.Ihsan also refers to the status of a woman who can have vaginal intercourse with her husband. (Iranian Penal Code, Article 226) 3. The UN defines a child laborer as either a) a child 5-11 years old who either takes part in at least 1