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Interview with IRNA on child marriage

INSIDE IRAN’S IRON FIST: THE DISTURBING REALITY OF CHILD BRIDES AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

SLING NEWS (May 2026) We interviewed Kameel Ahmady, a British-Kurdish-Iranian social anthropologist whose academic work examines minority and gender dynamics [...]

“They buy sex and they sell it”: temporary marriage or the “moral” legalization of prostitution in Iran

“They buy sex and they sell it”: temporary marriage or the “moral” legalization of prostitution in Iran According to clerics, [...]

Iran’s Hijab Laws: The truth behind 10-year prison threats facing women

WOMEN in Iran are facing prison sentences of up to 10-years for simply failing to wear a hijab. The Sun [...]

Complex Causes of Child Marriage in Iran and other Islamic countries

Child marriage, defined as formal or informal unions involving a minor under 18 years old, affects millions of children globally [...]

Causes of child marriage

Child marriage is when children, especially girls, get married at a very young age, often before they even become teenagers. [...]

Causes of child marriage

Child marriage is when children, especially girls, get married at a very young age, often before they even become teenagers. [...]

, A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Child Labour in Iran – Conferences Presentation

The Devastating Effects of Child Labour

Child labour is a serious issue that affects millions of children around the world. When children are forced to work, [...]

Child labor in Iran: How many children are affected?

Contents Introduction. 1 Statistics on Working Children in Iran. 1 The Plight of Working Children in Iran, According to Statistics. [...]

What are the effects of child marriage in adulthood?

Child Marriages in Iran. 1 Sexual problems, pregnancy and childbirth. 2 Psychiatric and personality disorders. 3 Self-immolation, suicide and [...]

British Channel 4 report on Kameel Ahmady in English (Long version)

British Channel 4 report on Kameel Ahmady in English (Long version) Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian academic sentenced for nine years [...]

Iranian revolution: The Kurdish uprising (Long Version)

Witness History The story of a boy caught up in the forgotten war for Kurdish autonomy in Iran in 1979. [...]

Iranian revolution: The Kurdish uprising

Witness History The story of a boy caught up in the forgotten war for Kurdish autonomy in Iran in 1979. [...]

The Kurdish uprising (Long Version)

The story of a boy caught up in the forgotten war for Kurdish autonomy in Iran in 1979. During the [...]

A House on Water – A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran

A House on Water – A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran Kameel Ahmady Published May [...]

A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran

A House on Water A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran 978-620-5-49696-1 The religious and traditional [...]

New published books by Mehri publishing

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Iran Jails British – Iranian Researcher for 9 Years for Subversion – Report

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British – Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in iran

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This British-Iranian academic jailed in Iran escaped to the UK.

This British-Iranian academic jailed in Iran escaped to the UK. Kameel Ahmady spent 100 days in solitary confinement before being [...]

Brit facing jail in Iran ESCAPES Revolutionary Guard and treks 300 miles through mountains to safety

Brit facing jail in Iran ESCAPES Revolutionary Guard and treks 300 miles through mountains to safety Author: Christy Cooney 11:38 [...]

Eventually I made the decision I had been struggling with … to escape

Eventually I made the decision I had been struggling with … to escape Guests at the 50th wedding anniversary of [...]

Kameel Ahmady: His Book ‘In the Name of Tradition’

My friend and colleague Kameel Ahmady, the British-Iranian social anthropologist and #EndFGM / #EndChildMarriage scholar, has been detained in Tehran. His [...]

United Against Nuclear Iran (“UANI”) report on Kameel Ahmady

United Against Nuclear Iran (“UANI”) report on Kameel Ahmady Jailed British-Iranian academic sentenced to nine years in prison escaped Iran [...]

The Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Expert Directory

The Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Expert Directory Kameel Ahmady Address: United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=641830872 twitter.com/KameelAhmady Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kameel-ahmady-361649106/ Description: scholar working [...]

Imprisonment and Fines for A Dual National Researcher

Imprisonment and Fines for A Dual National Researcher Kameel Ahmady, an Iranian-British Kurdish researcher, has been sentenced to eight years [...]

British-Iranian Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Escapes Iran

British-Iranian Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Escapes Iran A British-Iranian anthropologist who was sentenced to nine [...]

Kameel Ahmady, Hibo Wardere, or FGM in Somalia and Iran

Kameel Ahmady, Hibo Wardere, or FGM in Somalia and Iran In 2017, IKWRO, in collaboration with London University of Law, celebrates [...]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Kameel Ahmady being sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on 13 December

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Kameel Ahmady being sentenced to eight years in prison [...]

Kameel Ahmady: Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)

Kameel Ahmady: Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report) Kameel Ahmady is a British-Iranian social anthropologist who has worked in [...]

Support to Kameel Ahmady

Support to Kameel Ahmady The End FGM European Network are saddened to hear the news of the arrest and detention [...]

A review of the book “In the Name of Tradition – Female Genital Mutilation in Iran” par Kameel Ahmady

A review of the book “In the Name of Tradition – Female Genital Mutilation in Iran” par Kameel Ahmady Read [...]

Kameel Ahmady: British academic facing jail escapes Iran over mountains

A British-Iranian academic facing nine years in jail in Iran has told the BBC how he escaped on foot over [...]

British Channel 4 report on Kameel Ahmady in English (TV version with subtitles)

Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian academic sentenced for nine years and three months in prison and heavy fine escaped Iran to [...]

Kameel Ahmady Interview with Channel 4 in the UK (short version with subtitles)

Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian academic sentenced for nine years and three months in prison and heavy fine escaped Iran to [...]

Kameel Ahmady Interview with British Channel 4 (Long Version)

Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian academic sentenced for nine years and three months in prison and heavy fine escaped Iran to [...]

Social anthropologist facing nine years in prison escapes

Social anthropologist facing nine years in prison escapes Brendan O’Malley 06 February 2021 An Iranian judge on 1 February overturned in [...]

UK-Iranian Academic Says he Escaped Iran While on Bail

UK-Iranian Academic Says he Escaped Iran While on Bail A British-Iranian academic said Wednesday that he had fled Iran across [...]

British academic facing jail in Iran makes daring escape to UK

British academic facing jail in Iran makes daring escape to UK Anthropologist who studied FGM describes harrowing experiences in infamous [...]

Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself

Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself After failing to protect Iranian-British detainee [...]

Academic jailed in Iran pulls off daring escape back to Britain

Academic jailed in Iran pulls off daring escape back to Britain Exclusive: Kameel Ahmady smuggled himself out through mountainous border after [...]

Statement

Statement My statement in regard with the Guardian report that was not published in full: The emergence of these unfounded [...]

British academic jailed in Iran escapes to UK

British academic jailed in Iran escapes to UK Jailed British-Iranian academic sentenced to nine years in prison escaped Iran to [...]

Kameel Ahmady: British academic facing jail escapes Iran over mountains

Kameel Ahmady: British academic facing jail escapes Iran over mountains Published 3 February Kameel Ahmady travelled high over the mountains [...]

Eventually I made the decision which I had been struggling with For a long time – the decision to escape

Eventually I made the decision which I had been struggling with For a long time – the decision to escape [...]

Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’

Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’ A British-Iranian academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison by [...]

British researcher who documented child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran is jailed for nine years in Tehran for his ‘subversive’ work

British researcher who documented child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran is jailed for nine years in Tehran for [...]

Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for 9 years for subversion – report

Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for 9 years for subversion – report DUBAI (Reuters) – A court in Iran has handed [...]

British dual national Kameel Ahmady detained in Iran

British–Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran

British–Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran Kameel Ahmady, who has written books on Iran, found guilty [...]

Iran sentences Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian anthropologist, to prison

Iran sentences Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian anthropologist, to prison Ahmady, who is ethnically Kurdish, had researched child marriage and female genital [...]

British-Iranian academic jailed for 9 years in Iran for ‘subversive’ research

British-Iranian academic jailed for 9 years in Iran for ‘subversive’ research A British-Iranian anthropologist has been sentenced to nine years [...]

Iran Jails British-Iranian Researcher for 9 Years, Report Says

Iran Jails British-Iranian Researcher for 9 Years, Report Says DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A court in Iran has handed [...]

British-Iranian academic imprisoned for eight years for ‘promoting homosexuality’

British-Iranian academic imprisoned for eight years for ‘promoting homosexuality’ British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has been sentenced to eight years in [...]

Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself

Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself After failing to protect Iranian-British detainee [...]

Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran

Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran Kameel Ahmady, a British-Kurdish academic originally from the city of Mahabad in Iran, was [...]

Iran jails anthropologist for “subversive research”, “seeking cultural changes” and “promoting homosexuality”

Iran jails anthropologist for “subversive research”, “seeking cultural changes” and “promoting homosexuality” 14 years ago I wrote about his website: Visual [...]

A Kurdish lesbian activates writes

Usually Gay personality is very creative and artistic, if we go through the history pages we can see many famous [...]

Abstract Feminization of Poverty

Abstract Feminization of Poverty Many scholars, studying multiple countries, find that, overall, women are more likely to be poor than [...]

Abstract So-called ‘honour killings’ are not a cultural phenomenon

By uncritically characterising ‘honour killing’ as a broad cultural phenomenon, such media portrayals diminish the crime itself, instead focussing on [...]

Human rights and homosexuality violations in Iran

In 2005 the highly publicized and public executions of two teenage boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were hung [...]

Iran-Sitauational Analysis and Strategic Context

According to the Iranian religious structure, puberty and menarche are considered to be the transitional pivotal turning point from childhood [...]

The Nexus between the Temporary Marriage

The Suppress Role of Religion and the Dominancy of Culture in Temporary Marriage of Children and Teenagers

Furthermore, based on the social learning theory, family members learn family norms. Thus, if they see other members of the [...]

Transgender

Although the international LGBT community is slowly gaining worldwide legal and social recognition, in the Middle East, the situation for [...]

Age Acts As Determinant Factor in Marriage Success

Amongst the various dependent variables of marriage analysed by social and economic experts, the age for having the first sexual [...]

Abstract Anthropologist reveals FGM practised in western, southern Iran

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When anthropologist Kameel Ahmady began investigating female genital mutilation in his native Iran he had [...]

Iranian Laws

According to Sharia law individuals can be convicted of homosexuality only if they confess four times or if four “righteous” [...]

Consequences of child marriage

Girls who marry young, are more prone to be divorced at an early age. Child brides are often disempowered and [...]

LGBT Existence in Iran

These operations almost invariably lead to serious physical complications, depression, and in some cases, suicide. Despite the high number of [...]

Conclusion and Recommendations of child marriage

Sometimes the girls’ problems began only after making it home with their babies, where they were frequently abandoned by their [...]

FGM in Iran- A detailed display of findings

It is at its lowest in villages of Persian, at 31%; Northern parts of the province were FGM free. Kermanshah [...]

Politicizing the demand – White Marriage in Iran

Those who have been fighting for women's civil rights for decades have been accused of Westernization and having political motivations. [...]

LGBT and the Middle East

A few of the more fortunate ones find a gay or lesbian partner of the opposite sex and enter a [...]

Child marriage Survey Results

Sometimes the girls’ problems began only after making it home with their babies, where they were frequently abandoned by their [...]

The Effects of Temporary Marriage on Children

The principal aspect in temporary marriage is pleasure-seeking and facilitating child marriage which in turn leads to consequences such as [...]

The Politics of Culture – FGM in iran

It is important to stress that FGM is mainly associated with Sunni Kurds of Shafi’i sect who speak the Sorani [...]

The Politics of Culture – FGM for Journal

In various villages in the Kermanshah and Kurdistan provinces, some women believe that girls should be circumcised or at least [...]

Society set for change? – White Marriage in Iran

Gender specialist Tohidi underlined it should be up to the women to decide what to wear and how to cover [...]

Prevalence of LGB in Iran

An extract from the work of Mehrangiz Kar concludes that “Members of the LGBT community in Iran are viewed as [...]

child marriage Research Methodology

Though seven ranked lists of marriage events (categorized by age groups, gender and total numbers of each) within the last [...]

The Phenomenon of Temporary Marriage

Mut’ah is an issue that is not only delicate and fraught with rancorous debate, but also it has been distorted [...]

Recommendations FGM

Countries that have succeeded in lowering the rate of female genital mutilation, like Senegal, have used varied methods: alternative rites [...]

Temporary Marriage (Sigheh or Mut’ah)

Some people believe that marriage duration should not exceed lifespan of man or woman and the contract will be annulled [...]

LGBT Iin Iran -the missing pieces

LGBT rights activists thus face huge obstacles in their efforts towards accommodating their identity in the current context of Iranian [...]

Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission

Temporary marriage is a multi-dimensional topic. It allows Muslim men and women to be considered as husband and wife for [...]

The Narrative of LGB in Iran and the Chronic Closet

This article presents one aspect of a comprehensive study that demonstrates the prevalence of LGB in Iran. The research study [...]

Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)

The aim of this study is to provide in-depth data on FGM in Iran and, at the same time, provide [...]

Yezidi identity in the last century: Ethnic, national or religious? (2006). The Globe No.43

Related research Research on identity and ethnicity [...]

His love gained was my love lost

His love gained was my love lost Kolsom Ahmady lives in a village on the Iran-Iraq border. As a young [...]

Statement On The Detention In Iran Of Social Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady

Statement On The Detention In Iran Of Social Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady We the undersigned are academics and social researchers in issues [...]

Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian Anthropologist – News Updates

This photograph is of my friend and colleague, the British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, in happier times when he kindly came to [...]

Freedom of Expression (2006) – In Kurdish

Freedom of Expression (2006): archived Kurdish-language article. Download the original Kurdish PDF [...]

Media consumption, conformity and resistance: a visual ethnography of youth culture in Iranian Kurdistan. 2005-2006

It looks like he is about to publish a whole book there. It started four weeks ago with part one [...]

News week – Female genital mutilation performed in Iran

Female genital mutilation performed in Iran By: Eilish O’Gara On 6/4/15 at 1:45 PM EDT The first in-depth report into [...]

British-Iranian Anthropologist and academic, Detained In Iran – News Updates

Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian Anthropologist and academic, Detained In Iran – News Updates Published Date: October 6, 2019 Tags: #EndFGM, #FGM, British [...]

A review of the book “In the Name of Tradition” – Female Genital Mutilation in Iran

In the Name of Tradition, FGM in Iran – Kameel Ahmady A review of the book “In the Name of [...]

Sovereignty in the Sky

This ethnographic short film made as part of visual ethnography training at Anthropology department of Kent University, it looks at [...]

Churchill, my neighbour, was the first person to use the chemical bomb on Soleimani (2005). the newspaper Aso (in Kurdish)

Archived Kurdish-language newspaper article, Aso (2005). Original PDF currently unavailable from this page [...]

FGM in Iran , A review of the book In the Name of Tradition

According to the author, FGM is a taboo subject in Iran and the Iranian government denies its existence or hides [...]

The IKWRO Award at the University of Law

The IKWRO Award at the University of Law in 2017 was given for research in the field of harmful traditional [...]

The Global Peace Foundation award

The Global Woman Peace Foundation (P.E.A.C.E) award is presented annually to the world's top researchers in the fields of education, [...]

The Nexus between the Temporary Marriage and Early Child Marriages

The present study is a step towards deeper understanding of the phenomenon of Temporary Marriage (TM) and its role in [...]

Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission

Temporary Marriage An Approved Way of Submission Download article in PDF Kameel Ahmady [email protected] Abstract Temporary marriage is a multi-dimensional [...]

The Narrative of Lesbian Gays and Bisexual in Iran and the Chronic Closet

Download article in PDF Kameel Ahmady [email protected] ABSTRACT The Narrative of LGB in Iran By using snowballing and Grounded Theory [...]

Obscured existence of homosexuality and transsexuality inside Kurdish culture; Case studies of Gays and lesbians in Kurdistan and diaspora

Download article in PDF Kameel Ahmady This ethnographic paper try to give an anthropological perspective on the all too obscured [...]

Interview with Sky News

Interview with Sky News about ethnic divisions and the importance of understanding ethnic and religious sensitivity in the Iraq following [...]

Interview with CBC about the tribal massacre at a wedding in the Kurdistan Region of Turkey

Interview with CBC about the tribal massacre at a wedding in the Kurdistan Region of Turkey. Complexity of gender relation [...]

So-called ‘honour killings’ are not a cultural phenomenon, but a crime against women

So-called ‘honour killings’ are not a cultural phenomenon, but a crime against women, regardless of cultural background By: Kameel Ahmady [...]

Hijacked nations; Ethnography of Palestine and Israel (2005)

Download article in PDF I have always wanted to visit Israel/Palestine and have long dreamt of understanding, in some way, [...]

The Construction and Perception of Kurdishness

The Construction and Perception of ‘Kurdishness’ among Iranian Kurds in the wake of Kurdish advances in Iraqi Kurdistan By: Kameel [...]

Visual ethnography of Pilgrimage, Life and Road in Kurdistan (2006) BBC

Download the three-page article on visual ethnography of pilgrimage, pastoral life and roads in Kurdistan. Download article in PDF Related [...]

A day in the life of police chief in Iraqi oil rich Kirkuk (2005)

A day in the life of police chief in Iraqi oil rich Kirkuk (2005) By: kameel Ahmady This exclusive footage [...]

Anfal – The Kurdish Genocide (2006)

Anfal – The Kurdish Genocide (2006) By Kameel Ahmady Kak Ali Mustapha Hama wore his traditional Kurdish headgear (janedani), in [...]

A Time for the Kurds to Embrace Change (2006) eKurd

A Time for the Kurds to Embrace Change Kameel Ahmady is a London-based originally haling from Iranian Kurdistan; an anthropologist [...]

Local politics and Muslim identity in Tower Hamlet (2006)

Local politic and Muslim identity in Tower Hamlet By: Kameel Ahmady The of aim this paper to look at the [...]

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Iran nimmt weiteren Doppelstaatsbürger als Geisel für Verhandlungen

Iran nimmt weiteren Doppelstaatsbürger als Geisel für Verhandlungen Redaktion September 2019 Pfeiltasten Hoch/Runter benutzen, um die Lautstärke zu regeln. Quelle: [...]

Remember Remember the Fifth of November (2006)

Remember Remember the Fifth of November… ? By: Kameel Ahmady Guy Fox Night, although it is not much remembered nowadays, [...]

The mountain porters; short ethnography film of youth mountain worker

The mountain porters; short ethnography film of youth mountain worker By: kameel Ahmady The ‘mountain porters’, typically Iranian Kurdish men [...]

Film Review – 4th London Kurdish Film Festival

The 4th London Kurdish film festival, which took place 8th-11th December, was a significant event for members of Kurdish diaspora [...]

British dual national Kameel Ahmady detained in Iran

British dual national Kameel Ahmady detained in Iran Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady being held in Tehran’s Evin prison on unknown charges, [...]

FGM practised in western, southern Iran / Reuters (2015)

Anthropologist reveals FGM practised in Iran Published Date: June 26, 2015 / 12:09 PM Reading Time: 5 Min Read Emma [...]

A Kurdish Yazidi teenager was stoned to death (2007) eKurd

A Kurdish Yazidi teenager was stoned to death (26.4.2007) By: Kameel Ahmady- London A Kurdish Yazizdi teenager was stoned to [...]

Female genital mutilation practised in Iran, study reveals/ Guardian(2015)

Female genital mutilation practised in Iran, study reveals Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/Getty Images/arabianEye Female genital mutilation practised in Iran First authoritative [...]

Identity and politics in London carnival, a study of its material

1 Identity and politics in London carnival, a study of its material and visual aspects its recent changes Download article [...]

Kameel Ahmady – British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran

Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran Iranian authorities have released British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady who had been arrested on August [...]

Refugee legal aid information

Refugee legal aid information FGM in Iran is not new. However, the scarce availability of data made it practically invisible, [...]

Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)

The aim of this study is to provide in-depth data on FGM in Iran and, at the same time, provide [...]

Valley of the Wolves: Nationalism, Conflict and the Other in a Turkish Film (2006)

Download article in PDF By: Kameel Ahmady This paper looks at the film Valley of the Wolves, a project allegedly [...]

Turkey, Welcome to EU (2006)

Tureky’s march toward EU membership By: Kameel Ahmady & Sarah Keeler Published Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Publisher: KurdishMedia.com Turkey [...]

Tea being poured into glasses on a tray in a still from Sovereignty in the Sky.

Sovereignty in the Sky (2005)

Download article in PDF By: Kameel Ahmady This ethnographic short film made as part of visual ethnography training at Anthropology [...]

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Vrouwenbesnijdenis, een traditie die moet stoppen

Vrouwenbesnijdenis, een traditie die moet stoppen Seksuele gezondheid 06-11-2015 Leestijd: 4 minuten Foto: Flickr Aflevering 1: Wat is vrouwenbesnijdenis? Ieder [...]

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Unicef onderschat ernst besnijdenis in Iran

Unicef onderschat ernst besnijdenis in Iran Iraanse meisjes en vrouwen worden blootgesteld aan genitale verminking. De regering wilde haar vingers [...]

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