Ten husbands in dock as Iranian woman charged for alleged marriage con

A young Iranian woman accused of marrying and divorcing 10 men in less than two years as part of an elaborate con has been charged with fraud, Iranian state media reported Sunday. The alleged deception was made possible under Islamic rules that entitle a woman to a financial sum (Mahr) agreed before marriage but retrievable “on demand” any time after a ceremony takes place. In the case of the 20-year-old accused – who denies the charges – she married the men, immediately demanded her payment, and never consummated the relationships.

I don’t see why I have to answer these questions. I’m innocent. All my marriages have been legal and all my husbands married me of their own will and then we split up based on our differences.

The accused, who spoke defiantly to a court investigator who had summoned all 10 husbands to court

The men had to pay half the Mahr payment to avoid breaking the law, but the woman said she actually agreed a 100-110 gold coin settlement, technically less than she could have claimed. In each case, she then pressured her husbands for a divorce, the paper said. A divorced woman in Iran can wipe her husband’s name off her identity card if she can prove – using a doctor – she is still a virgin. The woman is accused of repeatedly taking such steps to conceal her past from her unsuspecting victims.

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