When Behzad married Zeinab, her 17-year-old cousin, he was 12.
When Behzad married Zeinab, her 17-year-old cousin, he was 12. Now they have a son and Behzad, at the age of 13, is Iran's youngest father.
Behzad's mother left her when he was 2, and Behzad grows up with his step-mother and step brother and sisters. Behzad never went to school, is illiterate and suffered a lot during his childhood.
Zeinab can hardly read and write. Sometimes she goes to a school for adults and has learned to read and write a little. When her son is asleep, she studies.
When Behzad married Zeinab, her 17-year-old cousin, he was 12. Now they have a son and Behzad, at the age of 13, is Iran's youngest father. Behzad's mother left her when he was 2, and Behzad grows up with his step-mother and step brother and sisters. Behzad never went to school, is illiterate and suffered a lot during his childhood.
Behzad and Zeinab are sitting in their house in a cold winter night. Sometimes Behzad keeps thinking for a long time.
On many days Behzad is not given a job as a labor because of his small body and young age, and he sits down in a ruined courtyard at the back of their house and thinks.
Behzad and Zeinab live together with Zeinab's family in a garage with no heating system. They just have a small oven which they use both for cooking and heating the house.
Behzad's son frequently becomes ill because of lack of health care and food. Ali Asghar's healthcare costs are very high.
Behzad and Zeinab are standing near their house.
Sometimes Behzad gives neighbors a hand in construction projects for a small wage.
Behzad is 13 and has a 1-month-old son. Now he is Iran's youngest father.
Early in the morning Behzad goes to the town's main square, and sits beside workers, who are older than him, waiting for somebody to hire him as a labor.
