Hamid Melikoglu, Voice of America, October 25, 2021
In Tabriz, a family has been unable to obtain an ID card for their child despite the fact that two years have passed since her birth.
Bensu, a girl from Tabriz, has not been issued an ID card by the Tabriz Registry Office, despite being two years old.
Bensu's father, Meysam Nicati, wrote on his Twitter account: "My daughter is two years old, and I still haven't been able to get her an ID card because I gave her a name in our native language."
HRA News Agency reported that the list of names in the government-approved book of names in Iran applies political and religious restrictions and concepts. The news agency working on human rights in Iran stated that the Registry Office's policy is in violation of human rights conventions and that, as a result of this policy, citizens are deprived of naming their children according to their religious, ethnic, or cultural identities.
Many families in Iranian Azerbaijan face difficulties in getting an ID card for their children with the Turkish names they desire. After going through lengthy procedures, some families are finally able to obtain an ID card with their desired Turkish name.
According to Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, written in 1989, children's rights to a name and nationality must be ensured. In Iran, when children do not have an ID card, they are deprived of all social and medical services.
Link to the original text in Turkish on the Azerbaijani section of Voice of America:
Bensu adlı uşağa 2 ildir şəxsiyyət vəsiqəsi verilmir