Iran

June 2008 | Ratings Update

Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on 'social corruption' according to the Farhang-e Ashti newspaper, confronting individuals who appear in public dressed in an indecent way and shutting shops selling un-Islamic dress. Current regulations in Iran - which were first implemented following the 1979 Revolution - order that all women cover all their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes, and under the new crackdown women contravening these rules could face lashes, fines or imprisonment. Men with 'Western-style hair cuts' will also be targeted. While the recent crackdown is nothing new, it highlights the government's ongoing steps to stamp

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