Fashion police in Iran


	Fashion police in Iran

Deepti

4-24-2007 3:38 AM

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iran, fashion, police, morality, islam, women, dress, ahmadinejad, attire, muslim

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4-24-2007 1:36 PM

The REAL Napster

And the people will overthrow the government soon enough..with help from friends.

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An Iranian woman walks past during a crackdown of women by Iran's police in Tehran.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10120525.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Thousands of Iranians have begun a protest over mandatory dress codes following a crackdown on un-Islamic dressing, according to reports.</FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">At Shiraz University, at least 2,000 students voiced anger over new rules banning the wearing of sleeveless shirts, tight pants, shorts and tank tops in school premises.</FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Police said they stopped more than 3,000 women for dressing immodestly on the first day of the campaign in Tehran on Monday. </FONT></p> <P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">Nearly 300 women were arrested, some for wearing tight overcoat or letting too much hair peek out from under their veil, </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10120525.html"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000">President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s dress code campaign was the toughest such crackdown in nearly two decades.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10120525.html">Many conservatives applauded the crackdown, which is gaining growing unpopularity, especially among  young Iranians. "What they do is really insulting. You simply can't tell people what to wear," said Elham Mohammadi, a 23-year-old student.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F0ECD43A-B57B-4346-8830-D67B9D7C16ED/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>