Iran implements law allowing women to pass their nationality to their children.
and Iraq, Fatemeh Ashrafi, head of Hami, an association for protection of refugee women and children, told ABC News.
As Ashrafi said, the law is as much about women's rights as it is about refugees and their children."This law helps women regain an important part of their rights," she said. The pain of being seen as inferior is what many Afghans and children of Afghan refugees complain about in Iran. Khaleghzadeh has a 25-year-old undocumented pregnant daughter, also married to an undocumented Afghan refugee, who does not have a work permit in Iran."If she can get my Iranian nationality, then she can pass it to her baby, too," she said."At least they can get the cash subsidies from the government for the times her husband does not work," she added.
Although the implementation of the new law is the last hope of many families, experts believe it may cause problems as it contains some contradictions and loopholes.
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