92-year-old Iraqi marries 22-year-old woman

Triple wedding ceremony included 92-year-old`s two teenage grandsons and their brides

Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie`s wife of 58 years died three years ago

He has 16 children and said he feels like a twenty-year-old


BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 6: A 92-year-old Iraqi farmer has married a woman 70 years his junior in a triple wedding ceremony with his two teenage grandsons.

Musali Mohammed al-Mujamaie married his 22-year-old bride Muna Mukhlif al-Juburi in a four-hour ceremony.

His grandsons, aged 16 and 17, also got married in the ceremony north of Baghdad on Thursday, according to AFP.

Mr Mujamaie said the special day had been long-awaited as his grandsons` weddings had been postponed several times to coincide with his marriage ceremony.

He told AFP: `I am so happy to get married with my grandsons,` Mr Mujamaie told AFP after the four-hour ceremony. `I feel like a 20-year-old!`

His second marriage comes three years after his wife died.

The four-hour ceremony included musical and dance performances and celebratory gunfire.

Local tribal and religious leaders attended the triple celebration.