Tayyebeh Siavoshi, a member of the Iranian Parliament, says currently all
Iranian couples must take part in two hours of counselling sessions before
getting married.
"We are trying to increase the duration of obligatory sessions to six hours,”
she told ICANA in a recent interview.
Earlier, Mohammad Baqer Olfat, a deputy head of the Iranian Judiciary for Social
Affairs and Crime Prevention, had noted that a lack of sufficient skills for
married life is the main cause of divorce in the early years of marriage.
Therefore, he said, pre-marital training is necessary for couples to help them
acquire sufficient skills for married life.
The permanent registration of marriage at legal offices is subject to the
presentation of a certificate of pre-marriage education, Olfat said.
"Registration offices are required to refuse to register marriages without the
certificate,” concluded Olfat.
He also stated that "at courts, we see most of the divorce applications belong
to the married couples who have tied the knot less than a year earlier.”
"By examining divorce applications filed at early ages, we find that the issue
results in some form of corruption, because the person is experiencing emotional
problems at the time. And because of their young age, this kind of divorce
contributes to the process of moral corruption.”
Referring to the cultural break between children and parents, the official
stated that children do not obey their parents and do not accept life lessons
from their families.
"Therefore, they do not learn the skills required for married life from parents,
and when they get married, they do not know their rights and duties. They cannot
have good emotional relationships with each other,” he added.
Source:IFP