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Iranian authorities have begun police patrols in the capital to arrest women wearing clothes deemed improper. The campaign against loose-fitting veils and other signs of modernism comes as government opponents are calling for rallies to mark the anniversary of the disputed presidential election, and critics of the crackdown say it is stoking feelings of discontent.
But hard-liners say that improper veiling is a 'security issue' and that 'loose morality' threatens the core of the Islamic republic.
Iran's interior minister has promised a 'chastity plan' to promote the proper covering 'from kindergarten to families,' though the details are unclear. Tehran police have been arresting women for wearing short coats or improper veils and even for being too suntanned. Witnesses report fines up to $800 for dress considered immodest.
Some here say the new measures are part of a government campaign of intimidation ahead of the election anniversary this month. The hard-liners have grown more influential since the vote, which led to months of anti-government demonstrations that leaders saw as the biggest threat to the Islamic system in decades.
Iranian women are obliged by law to cover their hair and wear long coats in public. The Islamic veil protects the purity of women, preventing men from viewing them as sex symbols, clerics here say. But the law is imprecise, and interpretations vary….
In 2006, a year after President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad came to power, special moral 'guidance' teams attempted to enforce dress codes in what was the most ambitious operation in recent memory. Hundreds of teams patrolled shopping centers and popular squares, stopping and sometimes arresting women they thought were poorly veiled.
Today some say the repetition of such punishments for a few women will have little effect in Tehran, a city of 12 million people.
‘My white coat was three inches too short on the sleeves,' said Nadia, 15, a high school student who was arrested Tuesday. 'It was impounded. The guidance police called my dad to pick me up and gave me a chador to wear on the way home,' she said.‘Such patrols come and go,' her father said. 'But they leave mental scars of intimidation’.
Photo from archiveBut hard-liners say that improper veiling is a 'security issue' and that 'loose morality' threatens the core of the Islamic republic.
Iran's interior minister has promised a 'chastity plan' to promote the proper covering 'from kindergarten to families,' though the details are unclear. Tehran police have been arresting women for wearing short coats or improper veils and even for being too suntanned. Witnesses report fines up to $800 for dress considered immodest.
Some here say the new measures are part of a government campaign of intimidation ahead of the election anniversary this month. The hard-liners have grown more influential since the vote, which led to months of anti-government demonstrations that leaders saw as the biggest threat to the Islamic system in decades.
Iranian women are obliged by law to cover their hair and wear long coats in public. The Islamic veil protects the purity of women, preventing men from viewing them as sex symbols, clerics here say. But the law is imprecise, and interpretations vary….
In 2006, a year after President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad came to power, special moral 'guidance' teams attempted to enforce dress codes in what was the most ambitious operation in recent memory. Hundreds of teams patrolled shopping centers and popular squares, stopping and sometimes arresting women they thought were poorly veiled.
Today some say the repetition of such punishments for a few women will have little effect in Tehran, a city of 12 million people.
‘My white coat was three inches too short on the sleeves,' said Nadia, 15, a high school student who was arrested Tuesday. 'It was impounded. The guidance police called my dad to pick me up and gave me a chador to wear on the way home,' she said.‘Such patrols come and go,' her father said. 'But they leave mental scars of intimidation’.
مقامات ايران دستگيري زنان را بخاطر بدحجابي افزايش مي دهند.
مقامات ايران در پايتخت گشت هاي پليس را براي دستگيري زنان بدحجاب براه انداخته اند.
اين فعاليت عليه پوشش هاي نامناسب و ساير علائم مدرنيسم, درحالي صورت مي گيرد كه مخالفان دولت اعلام راهپيمايي در سالگرد انتخابات جنجالي رياست جمهوري نموده و منتقدان سركوب مي گويند اين دامن زدن به نارضايتي هاست. . .
برخي در اين جا مي گويند اين اقدامات بخشي از اعمال دولت براي ارعاب قبل از سالگرد انتخابات دراين ماه مي باشد. . . .
برخي امروزه مي گويند كه تكرار چنين مجازات هايي عليه چند زن تاثير كمي در تهران , شهر 12 ميليون نفري دارد. . . (واشينگتن پست - 12/3/89)
مقامات ايران در پايتخت گشت هاي پليس را براي دستگيري زنان بدحجاب براه انداخته اند.
اين فعاليت عليه پوشش هاي نامناسب و ساير علائم مدرنيسم, درحالي صورت مي گيرد كه مخالفان دولت اعلام راهپيمايي در سالگرد انتخابات جنجالي رياست جمهوري نموده و منتقدان سركوب مي گويند اين دامن زدن به نارضايتي هاست. . .
برخي در اين جا مي گويند اين اقدامات بخشي از اعمال دولت براي ارعاب قبل از سالگرد انتخابات دراين ماه مي باشد. . . .
برخي امروزه مي گويند كه تكرار چنين مجازات هايي عليه چند زن تاثير كمي در تهران , شهر 12 ميليون نفري دارد. . . (واشينگتن پست - 12/3/89)
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