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New Moralisation Drive Begins
Tehran, 18 April (AKI) - Tehran's police chief has announced a new crackdown against any woman not respecting the strict Islamic dress code. "We will not allow women to show a lack of respect towards society as a whole by not fully respecting the dress rules and by refusing to wear the hijab," said General Morteza Talaii. He added that as of 22 April police would show zero tolerance "towards those who represent a threat to the Islamic culture and morals"."The police must defend citizens' rights and it is the right of a citizen believer not to have to endure vulgar scenes which wound his religious sensibility," Talaii added. "We will not only target those who don't respect the Islamic moral code but anyone who encourages young people to disobedience," he said. Daily newspapers close to the most fundamentalist segment of the Iranian leadership have been talking about a Western cultural offensive which, in their view, "is more dangerous than a possibile military attack". Posted by: Steve 2006-04-18 |
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