Jamal Karimi-Rad told the local press, Being improperly veiled and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her. Iran Focus
Jamal Karimi-Rad told the local press, Being improperly veiled and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her.
Crimes such as mal-veiling or other prohibited acts, which happen before the eyes of a law enforcement agent, are evident crimes and must be dealt with in accordance with the law, Karimi-Rad said.
Karimi-Rad also made it clear that members of the para-military Bassij and the notorious Ansar-e Hizbollah, government-organised gangs of hooligans, are regarded as law enforcement agents in clergy-ruled Iran.
Women have been facing a harsher crackdown since the June elections that led to Ahmadinejads presidency.
In July, Iran deployed squads of women-only vice police to clamp down on un-Islamic dress. The semi-official Jomhouri Islami recently reported that women have been arrested in Iran for disrespecting Islamic virtues and for having repulsive and immoral attire.
With the arrival of a top commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards as the countrys new police chief, a new summer-long crackdown on social vice in Tehran was launched targeting young women.
State-run news agencies reported that mal-veiled or unveiled individuals inside and outside of cars would be the target of arrests by Irans State Security Forces, the paramilitary police force. The police would also embark on a systematic clampdown on shops and public places where public chastity and Islamic values are ignored.
