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Thousands of Iranian women have been cautioned over their poor Islamic dress this week and several hundred arrested in the capital Tehran in the most fierce crackdown on what's known as "bad hijab" for more than a decade....And it's not just women who are being targeted this year.

Young men are being cautioned for wearing short sleeved shirts or for their hairstyles.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6596933.stm

I will post a link to images of the "crackdown".

http://www.iranian.com/BTW/2007/April/Hejab/index.html

http://www.iranian.com/BTW/2007/April/Hejab/Images/2.jpg
Although a few men were arrested, the target of this crackdown was primarily women.

EDIT: This article may also be of interest.

"IRAN: ENEMIES 'PLOTTING' AGAINST NEW DRESS CODE SAYS AHMADINEJAD"

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.409267427&par=0

[ 27 April 2007: Message edited by: Murren ]

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Originally posted by remind:
Wow, was quite the week for intolerance, Richard Geer is up on charges in India for publically kissing a famous Bollywood star on stage,during a function he was at.

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I'm surprised, remind, at your calling this "intolerance." While perhaps the individual who is launching the lawsuit is skintight conservative prick looking for fifteen minutes of fame, the actual incident smacks of uber-chauvinism and male entitlement. Gere keeps going for make-out sessions with the actress who is clearly uncomfortable with the situation, even pushing him away. He should have been chastised.

YouTuber Link

Offensive in many cultures, I would think. Although the arrest warrant might be unique.

Sorry about the sidescroll. Guess the link is too long for http. Anyway, you can go to the Stewart site and view, Tuesday I think. Gere was on Thursday and seemed to dismiss his behaviour as something to do with the truck driving milieu. Odd really.

[ 28 April 2007: Message edited by: siren ]

No plucking eyebrows, either!

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The head of the barbers' union, Mohammad Eftekharifard, said police had instructed it to "exercise specific regulations in barbershops that work under its supervision."

Barbers who do not follow these rules might be closed down for a month and even lose their permits to operate, Etemad quoted him as saying.

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conformity required

[ 29 April 2007: Message edited by: jeff house ]

Iran may actually be a model for internal reform, in the years to come. I am no expert, but the number of semi-autonomous institutions that are able to raise up objections - however muted - to otherwise draconian practices is astoninishing. Certainly there is a level of criticism directed towards to the religious authorities that must disquiet the mullahs.

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I saw Michelle's question, checked Facebook for like two seconds, and Heywood beat me on the mullet response. Damn it.

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Originally posted by Catchfire:
I'm surprised, remind, at your calling this "intolerance." While perhaps the individual who is launching the lawsuit is skintight conservative prick looking for fifteen minutes of fame, the actual incident smacks of uber-chauvinism and male entitlement. Gere keeps going for make-out sessions with the actress who is clearly uncomfortable with the situation, even pushing him away. He should have been chastised.

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Originally posted by Coyote:
Who woulda thunk? He did it is India, not L.A., Sven. Different countries have different views of these things. You don't just get to say and do whatever you want because you're white and have a big name.

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I wonder why plucked male eyebrows is "immoral"?

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Originally posted by Coyote:
I have no idea of the particulars of Indian jurisprudence, Sven. Do you?

It's like westerners who go to Indonesia or some such country and get caught smoking weed. In my mind, you shouldn't go to prison for that. But I am not Indonesian. So, in Indonesia, DON'T SMOKE WEED.

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Are you arguing that we shouldn't criticize non-Canadian (or non-USian) laws?