“One out of every four marriages in Iran leads to divorce,” said Shahindokht Molaverdi, Rouhani’s deputy in women and family affairs.
She added, “In the sixth development program, we have planned to reduce the total number of divorces in the country by 25 per cent, but I think this is too optimistic! If we fixed the present rate, we would do a very significant job!!” (State-run Mehr news agency – September 3, 2016)