Interesting strategy to combat sin in Iran's booming Oil towns. A short-term muta marriage perhaps!!!
Marry or lose job, says
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7447227.stm
Single workers at one of
The Pars Special Economic Energy Zone Company employs thousands of people, mostly young men, on
Being married is a job requirement, a directive from the company is reported as saying.
Correspondents say the ruling appears to be an attempt to reduce the number of prostitutes working in the area.
The company controls
Its directive, according to the Etemad newspaper, says that despite requests "some of our colleagues did not fulfil their commitments and are still single".
It continues: "As being married is one of the criteria of employment, we are announcing for the last time that all the female and male colleagues have until September 21 to go ahead with this important and moral religious duty."
In the same vein, the governor of the eastern
Economic difficulties in
Are you in
Zdenek, if you are working and living in Berlin you should seek German legal advice I am sure that even if the company is Iranian they do not have the right under German employment law to fire you because you are not planning to get married -they might however find another reason which they will use as an excuse if you don't comply so you'll have to tread carefully. Honestly though, I know jobs in Berlin are hard to come by, but do you really want to work for such a company that interferes with your personal life - it's like working for the Stasi!! I think especially in
anon,
I am an Iranian, working in
Abbas,
Zdenek, go see a lawyer -
Bill Beetham,
If you work in
YSE,
To Zdenek Smetanka my advice is to seek legal advice I cannot believe German labour laws will allow an employer to make such a request, I'd suggest asking a local German trade union or failing that a local government office.
This is the kind of society you live in when the government is dictated by a theocratic state. In a sense, marriage by decree is even worse than street prostitution, because it is less honest, more permanent, and can be just as debilitating to a woman in an unwanted marriage. A Western person can quit their job and find another, but Iranians cannot escape their government unless they leave. My sincere sympathy for the young people of
I'm not an Iranian, BUT it is a welcome development. When someone is married, he or she tends to become more focused and responsible.
PETER NWANEVU,
To
Mark,
I have seen a copy of the directive on one of Persian websites. I was shocked when I read this directive. How far can a Government go for interfering into the personal lives of its nation. Not to worry, they are not afraid to do whatever required to send you to heaven!
Sasan,
Zdenek Smetanka, with all due respect, such so-called Muslim employers should provide a girl to marry as well as part of a package for single employees taking on the job. The shame is that such people are called Muslims first and then Iranians. Most of the problems are created by cultures, not religions. Almost all of the religions preach peace, not terror.
A. Ahmed,
It's a good sign but it would be better if a state owned corporation increase some good will compensation to there employees. I wonder why such radical Islamic state has forgotten the Allah's message stated as "Thy Lord is taking care of food etc to its thy belivers". Apart from that
Zeeshan Haq,
I am in the
Mark,
I am employed in Iranian company in
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