Iran’s Hard-Liners Crack Down on Models Not Wearing Head Scarves
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Thomas Erdbrink
IRAN---Iran’s judiciary unleashed one of its periodic crackdowns on social media permissiveness on Sunday, announcing the arrest of eight people involved in online modeling without a mandatory head scarf and questioning another woman, a former model, live on state television on Sunday. “The enemy is investing in order to create a generation without any willpower,” the prosecutor said of social media. “We must refrain from any actions that run counter to the values of the establishment.” [link]
By Thomas Erdbrink
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| Iranian women in Tehran last month. Credit Vahid Salemi/Associated Press |
