Iran’s Marriage Day has become No Divorce Day. The concerns of Iranian officials are understandable since Iran’s divorce rate is increasing in great speed. Over a decade, the number each year has roughly tripled to a little more than 150,000 in 2010 from around 50,000 in 2000, according to official figures. Nationwide, there is one divorce for every seven marriages. Divorce rate is high, because Iranian women want to avoid unwanted marriages, which is part of Iranian legal system. Also, Iranian women fear to have marriage, because rapid urbanization, high living cost, and jobless rate are increasing. Iranian women’s fear ignited the country’s fear for social crisis. High divorce rate means social crisis as a result. Not just the divorce rate but also the marriage rate is causing problem to Iran. If divorce rate has increased, marriage rate has decreased over the years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/world/middleeast/07divorce.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print
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