Between March 2018 and March 2019, the National Organization for Civil Registration reported over 30,000 marriages involving girls between the age of 10 and 14, including 209 marriages involving girls under the age of 11. 20 21 However, the number is likely to be higher as many child marriages are unregistered.22 In January 2020, the Secretary General highlighted that “the Government [of the Islamic Republic of Iran] expressed the view that setting the minimum age of marriage regardless of the cultural context would increase unregistered marriages.”23 Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented.24 20 Report of the Secretary General, Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020, para 37 https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_SecretaryGeneral_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4320.pdf 21 See www.sabteahval.ir/avej/tab-1499.aspx (in Farsi) 22 Report of the Secretary General, Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020, para 37 https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_SecretaryGeneral_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4320.pdf 23 Ibid. 24 For more, please see: Impact Iran submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, review of the 3rd and 4th periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/countries.aspx?CountryCode=IRN&Lang=EN 3