Mehdi Bagheri, a banking expert said: “Mothers don’t have the permission to open short-term or long-term bank accounts for their children. The opening of an account must be at the presence of the father. This is a legal issue and comes from Articles 1180 and 1181 of the Civil Code. All banks, especially government banks, must abide by it.”
(ILNA state-run news agency – August 11, 2014)