http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070422/ts_afp/iranwomenfashionislam;_ylt=AtgZs1sxzNzfa9Nf5leTLuv2_sEF
(excerpt-more at link)
"Since the plan started at 10:00 am on Saturday, 1,347 women have been warned and given Islamic guidance," the head of information at Tehran city's police force, Mehdi Ahmadi, told AFP.
"There were 170 arrests. Of these, 58 were released after making a written commitment and rectifying their appearance. The cases of the rest, who already had a record, were handed over to the judiciary," he said.
Iranian newspapers printed pictures of women in tight and colourful clothing being given warnings on Tehran's streets by female police officers dressed in chadors as the crackdown got underway on Saturday....
...Ahmadi said officers would also target men sporting clothes deemed too tight or hairstyles deemed too extravagant.
(OOhhh, Sanjaya better watch where he travels.)
(excerpt-more at link)
"Since the plan started at 10:00 am on Saturday, 1,347 women have been warned and given Islamic guidance," the head of information at Tehran city's police force, Mehdi Ahmadi, told AFP.
"There were 170 arrests. Of these, 58 were released after making a written commitment and rectifying their appearance. The cases of the rest, who already had a record, were handed over to the judiciary," he said.
Iranian newspapers printed pictures of women in tight and colourful clothing being given warnings on Tehran's streets by female police officers dressed in chadors as the crackdown got underway on Saturday....
...Ahmadi said officers would also target men sporting clothes deemed too tight or hairstyles deemed too extravagant.
(OOhhh, Sanjaya better watch where he travels.)