Husband won't let soccer star play

[sarisataka]

Iranian Women's Soccer Captain Will Miss Asian Cup After Husband Takes Passport

In late-breaking "abridgment of basic human rights" news, Iranian women's soccer captain Niloufar Ardalan will not be present at the Asian Cup, as her husband has decided to invoke his legal, husbandly right to withhold her passport.

Per the Associated Press' Jon Gambrell, Ardalan's husband, sports journalist Mahdi Toutounchi, has taken the 30-year-old midfielder's passport to ensure she will be home for their son's first day of school, according to reports from Iranian news website Fararu.com.

Seems legit.

And the great (read: terrible) thing is that there is no real legal recourse for Ardalan. Toutounchi didn't just put her documents on a high shelf out of reach. He's acting within the given legal parameters of Iranian law, which posits that a man can deny his wife the ability to travel beyond the country's borders if he chooses.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2567741-iranian-womens-soccer-captain-will-miss-asian-cup-after-husband-takes-passport?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

[Glassunion]

1. I just read that a few minutes ago...

Sickening.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. horrible

[eissa]

3. Is there a reason he can't be home for his son's first day of school?

Or does his penis prevent him from doing that?

[A Little Weird]

4. How idiotic

I can't imagine living in those conditions. If the fundies could have their way, the US will go in that direction.

[Rex]

5. I can't imagine what it must be like to live with a grown child that has tantrums and your passport.

That must be horrible.

[hifiguy]

6. Ugh.

Just ugh.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Misogyny 101.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Disgusting! I think that if I was a woman in one of those countries,

I would have committed suicide a long time ago. They have absolutely no agency, no self-determination whatsoever.

[riderinthestorm]

9. I'd say she should divorce him but it's almost impossible

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.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/divorce-iranian-style/



Can you imagine being forced to stay in that marriage after this?!