Iran has a new president: Hassan Rouhani. Supposedly, he’s a moderate. The question is: a moderate what? As the guardian reports (emphasis mine):

Parliamentarians in Iran have passed a bill to protect the rights of children which includes a clause that allows a man to marry his adopted daughter and [sic] while she is as young as 13 years.

Recently, the Iranian State News Agency reported that in 2010 alone, about 42’000 children between ages 10 and 14 were force-married. The minors have no say in this. And if the father is also the suitor, he can give himself permission.

The ‘moderate’ president did not block this law. Allowing grown men to marry their ‘adopted’ (who is really fooled by this euphemism?) daughters amounts to legalizing child rape.

Since Rouhani draws the line at girls over the age of 13, one is tempted to think he’s a moderate pedophile.