Iraq is predominantly Shia ... As well as setting the age of marriage, it addressed child custody, inheritances and alimony payments focused on the welfare of both children and women.

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday ... The law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases. The changes would let clerics rule depending on their interpretation of ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws ... Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according to their ...

Amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law that came into effect on February 17, 2025, fail to adequately protect women's right to equality before the law and leave them vulnerable to abuse and ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which established safeguards for women and unified family law. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in ...

Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday ... But a revised version reinstated clauses of the old law that set the age of marriage at 18 -- or 15 with the consent of legal guardians and a ...

Iraq announced that the nation’s population has surpassed 46 million, which indicates an increase from the previous figure ...

Iraq reported that the region's population has reached more than 46 million on Monday, a small raise from the initial number shown after the official ...