Article 172 of Jaafari Personal Status Law

Excepted from item 2 of the preceding Article 171 are women who may be divorced even if menstruating at the time of their divorce, namely: 1 A woman with whom marriage has not been consummated. A pregnant woman whose pregnancy is apparent. A wife whose husband is absent from her: her divorce is valid even if, at the time of her divorce, she is menstruating or experiencing postnatal bleeding, but subject to two conditions: The first condition: That the divorcing husband absent from her does not know, when divorcing her, that she is menstruating or experiencing postnatal bleeding, and that it is not feasible for him to ascertain her condition. The second condition: That he be absent from her for a period sufficient for her to pass from a period of purity during which he had intercourse with her to another period of purity, which varies according to women's menstrual habits.