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April 24, 2007
Iran: Summer Heralds Enforcement Of Muslim Dress Code
With summer around the corner, Iran is engaging on its campaigns of enforcement of strict dress codes. These annual events never target the shabby appearance of individuals such as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who can make the best tailored suit look cheap. As always, they are aimed at imposing restrictions upon women, encouraging them to wear head coverings in the heat, and preferably to wear the chador, the Iranian equivalent of a chador.
The news is carried by Reuters via the Scotsman, and by the Daily Telegraph.
Women who do not abide by the sharia dress codes can be given lashes, fines or prison terms. Mehdi Ahmadi, spokesman for Tehran's police force, was quoted as saying: "Police have started from Saturday to confront those women who appear in public in an inappropriate way."
Already 1,300 women have been stopped by police and warned about the Islamic dress code, which was introduced after the 1979 Islamist revolution. 59 women have been "referred to the court".
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at April 24, 2007 9:22 PM
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