➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
Iran: Iran eases process for foster, adoptive parenting
Tehran Times – August 10, 2016
The adoption and foster laws which dated back to some 44 years ago were revised and modified in 2013 and are going to be implemented in the near future, Habibollah Masoudi-Farid said, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. Within the new law kids could be adopted up to the age of 16 while the former law states that kids aged 12 or less could be adopted, Masoudi-Farid noted.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/405184/Iran-eases-process-for-foster-adoptive-parenting