Friday, July 29, 2005

Age of Prostitution in Iran Reaches 10

Iran Press Service: Translated by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi. Courtesy of FrontPageMag.
In Iran, under the watchful eye of the Mullahs, the age of prostitution has now been diminished to 10. Economic adversity and poverty is the number one cause for girls running away and for the spread of prostitution in Iran. A statistic taken among 100 prostitutes showed that 60% are in fact housewives. Based on the regime's own analysis, young girls who are newcomers to the "profession" constitute the majority. Among these a huge majority are between the ages of 12 and 25.