Further, the practice of polygamy has been actively promoted in Iran, including within religious communities25 and through public events.26 I. The Islamic Republic of Iran should amend the Civil Code and further amend the draft Family Protection Law, to remove the power of a man to prohibit his wife from entering employment. A husband can prevent his spouse from pursuing an occupation which he believes to be against family values or harmful to his or her reputation.27 There is no law prohibiting an employer from seeking a husband’s permission for a woman to work and employers have been reportedly requiring engaged or married women to provide a written statement of permission from their husbands in order to be hired.28 J. The Islamic Republic of Iran should also adopt legislation giving Iranian women the right to transmit their nationality to their children. The Iranian government passed a new law in 2020 that enables Iranian mothers who married a foreign national to pass on their nationality to their children, provided that they have been cleared by national security checks carried by the Intelligence Ministry and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence organization.29 The law, entitled “Granting Citizenship to Children Resulting from Marriage Between Iranian Women and Non-Iranian Men” was approved by the Guardian Council on October 2nd, 2019.30 Before this date, Article 976 of the Iranian Civil Code provided that only children born of Iranian fathers could be granted citizenship. There is no official and readily available information as to the impact of the law in practice.31 The law is expected to contribute to granting citizenship to around 500,000 children (mostly children of Afghan refugees and Iranian women) who had, until now, been deprived of a legal avenue for obtaining an Iranian birth certificate.32 Recommendation status: This recommendation has been PARTIALLY implemented. 25 < https://www.irna.ir/news/83577562/ > < https://www.mojnews.com/fa/tiny/news-303751 > 27 Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Art.1117 < https://shenasname.ir/laws/6664 > 28 Human Rights Watch, ‘It’s A Men’s Club’: Discrimination against Women in Iran’s Labour Market, May 2017 29 Radio Farda: <https://en.radiofarda.com/a/children-with-iranian-mothers-foreign-fathers-to-receive-citizenship/30652718.html> 30 https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=22043 31 ISNA< https://www.isna.ir/news/98071007927/ > 32 ISNA< https://www.isna.ir/news/98071007927/ > ; < "https://www.unhcr.org/ir/fa/2020/12/01/75000-children-in-iran-togain-nationality-under-new-law/" > 26 6