Iran Intensifies Dress Crackdown
The Iranian government has launched a crackdown against Western-style clothing.

More than 70,000 so-called "moral police" officers have been deployed in the capital Tehran, to enforce a government approved dress code.

Women will be arrested if their headscarves do not fully cover their hair or their clothes show their figures too clearly.

Men will be stopped for wearing necklaces or having hairstyles seen as inappropriate.

Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports from Tehran.

Tehran Police Intensifies Crackdown on Women, Men over Dress Code
MONSTERS AND CRITICS: Tehran - Tehran's police has intensified [the] crackdown on women and men over the Islamic dress code, Fars news agency reported Monday.

A police spokesman told Fars news agency that more than twenty cars whose passengers were not observing dress codes were confiscated until further notice.

The police has also interrogated young men with 'Western style hair-styles' about their barber shops. At least one of the barber shops in the high-society shopping centre Tandis in northern Tehran was closed down, the spokesman said.

Also more than 30 textile shops selling Western-style clothing were closed down by the police for contributing to social immorality, the spokesman added.

The Iranian police and vice units usually start their crackdowns in the summer season when, due to temperatures reaching almost 40 degrees, women wear lighter clothing. Also absolutely taboo for women are Bermuda-style pants, tight coats, loose scarves and no socks.

The hair-style and clothing of young Iranian men have also been added to the crackdown operations. Tehran Police Intensifies Crackdown on Women, Men over Dress Code >>> | June 16, 2008

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The Islamic Republic of Absurdity: Tight Trousers Targeted in Iran
IRAN FOCUS: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police will crack down on women in Tehran flouting Islamic dress codes with winter fashions deemed immodest, such as tight trousers tucked into long boots, an officer was quoted as saying on Saturday.



"Considering the start of the cold season and its special way of dressing, police will start early next week a drive against women who wear improper dress," Tehran police chief Ahmad Reza Radan was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.



"Tight trousers tucked inside long boots while wearing short overcoats are against Islamic codes," the police chief said.



"Wearing a hat or cap instead of scarves is also against Islamic dress codes." Tight trousers targeted in Iran clothing crackdown >>>

Hat tip: Marisol @ JihadWatch

Mark Alexander