Al-Monitor- Prominent Iranian comedian, actor and television director Mehran Modiri has come under harsh criticism over comments on women and divorces. In a five-minute bit during his standup comedy show that aired on state TV in December, Modiri ridiculed Iranian men who at the time of the marriage agree�to grant their wives�the right to divorce,�saying,��Sometimes men get carried away.��

When some Iranian men�sign their marriage certificates, they choose to stipulate that their�wives, just like themselves, have�the right to file for divorce and separate at any time they wish.

Divorce rights�are�addressed in Articles 1119, 1129, 1130 and 1133 of Iran�s Civil Code. The law allows an Iranian woman�to file for divorce if her husband refrains from paying the�dowry he promised her, or if he is absent without a justifiable reason for six consecutive months or nine total months in a period of one year, if he is an addict, if he is sentenced to jail for a period of at least five years, if he engages in physical abuse or if he has an incurable disease.

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