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Women will no longer be arrested for flouting dress code: Tehran police

AP Published December 28, 2017
Women watch people riding boats on the Persian Gulf Martyrs lake during the ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, an annual public picnic day on the 13th day of the Iranian new year, west of Tehran, Iran.— AP/File
Women watch people riding boats on the Persian Gulf Martyrs lake during the ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, an annual public picnic day on the 13th day of the Iranian new year, west of Tehran, Iran.— AP/File

Police in Iran's capital say they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code imposed since the 1979 revolution.

The reformist daily Sharq on Thursday quoted Gen Hossein Rahimi, the Tehran police chief, as saying “those who do not observe the Islamic dress code will no longer be taken to detention centres, nor will judicial cases be filed against them”.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency said violators will instead be made to attend classes given by police. It said repeat offenders could still be subject to legal action.

Younger and more liberal-minded Iranian women have long pushed the boundaries of the official dress code, wearing loose headscarves that don't fully cover their hair and painting their nails, drawing the ire of conservatives.

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Dec 28, 2017 11:19pm
Ethics and morality should be taught in Secondary and High schools. When a person becomes an adult after the age of 20, he/she should have a choice to live life as they wish according to his/her own personal moral standards. . Morality is not and should not be the business of the government.
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The one
Dec 28, 2017 11:33pm
Thanks that is nice more to see now in Tehran...
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london kundon
Dec 29, 2017 06:23am
Someone got some sense.
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Asif Ali
Dec 29, 2017 07:31pm
There will be some islamic dress code for man also, why only for women.
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