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Iranian woman seeks divorce from smelly man (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7064941)
Husband has not washed for more than a year, she says
Updated: 7:55 a.m. ET March 2, 2005

TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian woman has requested a divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not washed for more than a year.

“My husband says he does not like water and does not want to take a shower ... He doesn’t even wash his face when he wakes up in the morning,” Mina, 36, was quoted as saying in court by the state-run Iran newspaper.

When the couple first married eight years ago her husband was obsessively clean, she said.

“He spent hours taking showers three times a day and washed his hands every few minutes,” Mina said. “But he suddenly changed ... Now nobody, including me, my children and his colleagues, can stand him.”

Divorce is a notoriously difficult process for women in Iran, who normally have to prove that their husband has neglected them financially or sexually, is a drug addict or physically abusive.