Iranian woman arrested for alleged 10-marriage con trick

A young Iranian woman accused of marrying – and divorcing – 10 men in less than two years in what officials call an elaborate con trick has been charged with fraud. The alleged deception was made possible under Islamic rules that entitle a woman to a financial sum agreed before marriage but retrievable “on demand” any time after a ceremony takes place. In a report from an Iranian daily, the 20 year-old woman married the men and immediately demanded her payment, never consummating the relationships. 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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