Weddings skyrocket after country passes law allowing children as young as nine to marry
The country registered thousands more marriages in the first half of last year following the law change.
The lowering of the age at which a child can be married in Iraq has led to an increase in the number of weddings in the country last year.
Iraq’s parliament passed a law in January 2025 which effectively allowed girls to be married off to men from the age of nine..Read D / Full Original .