'Badly veiled' women warned
28/08/2006 22:08  - (SA)  

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Tehran - Iranian police have handed warnings to some 64 000 "badly veiled" women in Tehran during a month-long summer crackdown on un-Islamic dressing, press reports quoted a police spokesperson as saying on Monday.

"Over the past month, 63 963 Tehrani women have received warnings... and some have made a written pledge (to dress properly)," Mohammad Reza Alipour from the capital's police force said.

Every post-pubescent woman in the Islamic republic is required to cover her hair and body in public, and crackdowns on un-Islamic dressers are common in summer when many women opt for cooler short, bright coats and Capri pants.

Religious and traditional women wear the chador - literally meaning "tent" - which is an enveloping black head-to-toe cover.

A large number of women in Tehran and other big cities have been pushing the boundaries in recent years by sporting skimpy head scarves that barely cover their hair and sandals showing off painted toe-nails.

 

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