An Iranian woman has taken her husband to court in a bid to secure a judicial order for him to beat her once a week instead of every night, press reports said on Wednesday.
"My husband is violent and beats me virtually every evening. I thought that he would stop after the birth of our child, but in fact it has got worse," the woman, identified only as Maryam J., was quoted as saying in court by the Mardomsalari paper.
"I don't want a divorce or compensation. My husband is violent. It is in his nature. I just want him to promise to beat me only once a week," the woman argued, reportedly causing the judge and audience to burst out into laughter.
Summoned to explain himself, the husband confessed to beating up his wife "every evening".
"I hit her because a wife should be afraid of her husband, and this way I oblige her to respect me," said the man, who was not identified.
"My husband is violent and beats me virtually every evening. I thought that he would stop after the birth of our child, but in fact it has got worse," the woman, identified only as Maryam J., was quoted as saying in court by the Mardomsalari paper.
"I don't want a divorce or compensation. My husband is violent. It is in his nature. I just want him to promise to beat me only once a week," the woman argued, reportedly causing the judge and audience to burst out into laughter.
Summoned to explain himself, the husband confessed to beating up his wife "every evening".
"I hit her because a wife should be afraid of her husband, and this way I oblige her to respect me," said the man, who was not identified.
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