Historical Changes of Limitations and Causes of Divorce in the Rights of Iranian Armenians

The Armenians of Iran, as one of the Indo-European tribes, have been exposed to the most intellectual, religious, social changes during their three thousand years history in ancient Armenia and with the background of 4 hundred years of resident in present-day Iran and due to their special geographical location and forced and voluntary migrations. The reflection of these changes can be sought in the customs and laws of the family among Armenians. This article briefly reports and analyzes the developments of the laws and injunctions related to the causes and obstacles of divorce in the Armenian history of Iran and then reviews and compares the laws in the Bibles, The Lawcode [Datastanagirk'] Of Mxit'ar GOŠ, the book of the Armenian Church Law, and the Civil Code of the Armenians by Nerses Malik Tangian, the personal status regulations of religious minorities in Iran and interviewing with Armenian experts.This historical comparison shows that different components such as the religious texts of Christianity, the power of the church, and the social conditions of feudalism, being a minority in non-Christian societies, custom and Social custom to some extent have been influenced in these developments.