Teheran, Iran
— An Iranian man has filed for divorce on the
grounds that his wife used to be a man who had sex change
operation, a press report said Sunday.
The man, identified as
Farhad, told the court he had learned only after marriage
that his wife Mina was a transsexual, but tried to "cope
with it" in the four years they have been married, the
Etemad newspaper reported.
But, infuriated by Mina's
recent complaint to the court to claim her dowry, the man
sought to annul their marriage.
"I asked around and
learned our marriage is null and void," he
said.
Mina said she does not
want a divorce but only her dowry of 40 million rials
($4,300 dollars).
Iranian law allows
transsexuals to have sex change operations and legally
change their identities.
