Divorce Iranian Style challenges preconceptions about what life is like for women in Iran. The most startling thing about the film is simply that it was made. The filmmakers follow the cases of three women who are attempting to divorce their husbands. Although Iranian religious law frowns on divorce, a man is allowed to claim the privilege without needing to show cause, provided he pays his ex-wife compensation. A woman, however, can only sue for divorce if she can prove that her husband is sterile or mad, or if he agrees to let her out of their marriage contract. In the last case, the compensation becomes the bargaining chip: the man will sometimes give his wife her freedom if he doesn’t have to pay. The women are assertive, demanding, and persistent to a degree that confounds stereotypes of oppression. They challenge the judge, badger the uncooperative clerk for misplaced files, chew out their husbands and their husbands’ families. At one point, the judge tells a little girl (the daughter of the court stenographer who has been a fixture in the court from the age of two months) that he has a man picked out for her who’s “not like the riffraff that come in here.” The girl has a more radical plan: “I won’t marry ever, now that I know what husbands are like.”
Divorce Iranian Style (Iran Family Court Rooms)
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@parresa101 What is the exact word? I am also taking Chinese Second Language at school, and both genders are referred to as “Ta” in spoken language (even though they are written differently)
@Wolfboy183 he/she/it is the same word in Persian, but I doubt the guy meant “it” when he spoke rather than “her”
@Wolfboy183 In Persian (farsi) He or she are refereed to as “O” Most of the time, the specific gender dont need to be stated!
However the gender can be specified if wanted! A male as 3rd person is known as “Mard (or AGHA)” and a woman on 3rd person is referred to as “ZAN (or KHANON)”!!
This is as much as know, farsi is my second language!! Persian grammar is very similar to German (my 1st language) and it differ from Arabic greatly!! Dont know about chines though!!
@chicha1964 I agree. It isn’t always the man that is bad. She was a snake.
kir to kosse madaraneh zeynab
this documentary does not represent Iranian people, they r poor village people here in this film.
UM, i can honestly say this movie was painful to watch, the way those men treat their wives are horrible, everyone needs love and respect not just the men, and as for the last lady saying that she wouldn’t give up her child,as a mother myself, i agree w/ her 1000%, i would literly die for my child,and for some court to tell me to hand him over plike that, i just dont have the words. that sweet little girl had the right idea that she wouldn’t marry anyone.i am so glad i live in america.
a very good documentary about family court in Iran. Quite interesting to see how they deal with divorces, child custody etc. 3/5..good to watch on a boring day.
absolutely wrong title. this is not Iranian style, it’s just damned Islamic style that we hope very soon iranians will get rid of that
That was painful to watch. It seems as if the needs of the child were not considered at all.
@StopPanTurkistLies no doubt you are a man right? Ofcourse you would not think this to be proper representation. Who really gives a shit if they are poor villagers or rich socialites what does that even matter!!!
@rezapoor1970
It’s the Iranian style for 1400 years, deal with it, fire worshiper
@pinkfloydeloy
Arent poor village people Iranian? Poor villagers are the majority in Iran, deal with it
@Wolfboy183
So they get a chance to reconciliate
@marwouan NO, they r not the majority in Iran, onley in Tehran 14000 000 in efsahan 4000 000 in mashad 5000 000 and so on, there are many big citys in Iran and there r many diferents culture in Iran, i had never seen this kinde of Iranian before, first time was in internet,,,
@marwouan My friend, you dont know what u r talking about, whoo told u persian was fire worshiper? fire was a simbol for cleen and without bad. the zaradosta (zartosht) bleaved in goodnes and kindnes, pls serch and know about what u want to say before u talk, and sorry for my bad english speling,,
@rezapoor1970
Keep on dreaming
@pinkfloydeloy
Lol you’re defending the fire?
@pinkfloydeloy
Approximately 35 million Iranians live in rural areas.
@marwouan ok, im just sorry for u then,,
Now is really not the time to stereotype Iran. It is after all, one of very few civilized places left. Hope people in the west will realize that before it is too late.
Goes to show that women have a lot of the same feelings and pain, no matter the culture. It may even be easier over there to divorce than the way it goes in America with money-grubbing lawyers, though everything else there looks hard and sad. That one little girl pretending to be the judge was cute. Remember that she will be the kind of kids our government will kill if the American people are forced into another senseless war for the evil ones. The average American does not want a war.
the father that bruised his kid says”were friends we play football together”and the kids face was like”yeah,Fuck you,dad.”
How old is this video???
@StopPanTurkistLies and that makes it okay? Villagers are a part of Iranian culture, not just some trash. People that misinterpret the Koran are to blame here, mostly men.