Persian-language Twitter users were outraged after a video surfaced online of a child marriage in a small Iranian border town. Shortly after the video appeared, the local authorities nullified the marriage and pressed charges against the groom and the father of the girl.
Iranian journalist Javad Heydarian first posted the video, which quickly went viral. Many of those who shared it quickly apologized and deleted their posts because the young girl’s face was not censored. Still, the image of the 11-year-girl with what can be described as a confused smile sitting next to the 22-year-old man struck a nerve.
