Tehran police crackdown on dress code once more
28 April 2012 10:07 PM IST
Police in Tehran are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing the mandatory headscarves improperly or in 'vulgar' dress, the city's police chief Hossein Sajedinia said today.
Such operations, which see police screening foot and vehicle traffic at major junctions and shopping centres, are conducted often in Iran.
The latest one was ordered days ahead of the May 4 second round of parliamentary elections, and as the onset of warm spring weather prompts Iranian women to don lighter clothing.
Sajedinia said the crackdown was 'asked for by the people,' the Fars news agency reported. Women wearing 'bad headscarves, bad dress, and model-type women in vulgar dress' would be stopped, he clarified.
Typically, such women are fined or detained in police stations until relatives collect them hours later with more modest clothing.
Sadejinia said that companies importing 'illegal clothes' that do not comply with Islamic dress standards would be given a warning or closed. He added that 'thugs' disrupting public order and men 'who bother other people's daughters and wives' would also be confronted by officers.
Such operations, which see police screening foot and vehicle traffic at major junctions and shopping centres, are conducted often in Iran.
The latest one was ordered days ahead of the May 4 second round of parliamentary elections, and as the onset of warm spring weather prompts Iranian women to don lighter clothing.
Sajedinia said the crackdown was 'asked for by the people,' the Fars news agency reported. Women wearing 'bad headscarves, bad dress, and model-type women in vulgar dress' would be stopped, he clarified.
Typically, such women are fined or detained in police stations until relatives collect them hours later with more modest clothing.
Sadejinia said that companies importing 'illegal clothes' that do not comply with Islamic dress standards would be given a warning or closed. He added that 'thugs' disrupting public order and men 'who bother other people's daughters and wives' would also be confronted by officers.
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