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Posted on 12/06/2025 9:16:05 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Iran's judiciary said on Saturday that two organisers of a marathon on Kish island were arrested for allowing unveiled women to compete in the race.
"Two of the main organisers of the competition were arrested on warrants," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported on Saturday, the day after the marathon took place.
"One of those arrested is an official in the Kish free zone, and the other works for the private company that organised the race," it added.
More than 5,000 people took part in Friday's race, according to local media, with images online showing a number of runners who were not following the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women, which was enshrined in law in the early 1980s.
"Despite previous warnings regarding the need to comply with the country's current laws and regulations, as well as religious, customary, and professional principles ... the event was held in a way that violated public decency," the local prosecutor was quoted as saying in the judiciary's official news outlet, Mizan Online.
"Considering the violations that occurred and based on the laws and regulations, a criminal case has been filed against the officials and agents organising this event."
Conservative-aligned outlets including Tasnim and Fars had earlier condemned the marathon as indecent and disrespectful to Islamic laws enforced after the 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed shah.
Women in Iran are required to cover their hair and wear modest, loose-fitting clothing in public.
But adherence to the hijab rules has become more sporadic since the 2022 protests that followed the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman arrested over an alleged dress-code breach.
Earlier this week, a majority of lawmakers accused the judiciary of failing to uphold the hijab law.
Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei called for stricter enforcement.
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Jimmeh Carter approves.
Well at least they know what a woman is, so there’s that.
Stone age backwater since the 1980s.
The Persians need to rise up and rid themselves of the Islamic filth.
Didn’t I just read that Tehran has no water? Did they import tons of Gatorade?
We shouldn’t interfere with the Arabs who had the idea of women wearing veils if a lot of them looked like Helen Thomas.
Modestly veiled in public so only their husbands can see them in private at home.
Iran, perfect name for a marathon
RE: Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei called for stricter enforcement.
His name plaque on the judicial bench takes up some of the witness seating area on the right as well as the court stenographer’s on the left.
Sort of like the folk song:
She’s long and she’s tall.
When she sleeps
her head’s out in the kitchen
but her feet are still in the hall.
“Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns into bed.”
“Long Black Veil” (Youtube)
Brawndo. It's got electrolytes.
> Didn’t I just read that Tehran has no water? Did they import tons of Gatorade?
Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes.
Maybe they imported the FSU version: Seminade.
Thees iz terrible, women running in marathon with naked faces! the Prophet is rooling over is hees grave...🙄
Inspired by our exchange, I just watched Idiocracy (again). Now it’s 4AM and I gotta get up at 8. Oh well, it was worth it..... :-)
have never understood the wests obsession with what Iranian women wear given we have allies like the Saudis who require full abayas. My son in laws mother has travelled to Iran numerous of times, and says each time, it is one of the few countries as a female traveller she feels perfectly safe. I have good friends who go regularly because they’re half persian and from Tehran. Things have really liberalized, and you see young women walking around without any scarves at all.
From the article: "Earlier this week, a majority of lawmakers accused the judiciary of failing to uphold the hijab law. Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei called for stricter enforcement."
So, maybe not for much longer ...
The organizers were subsequently caned to death upon the revelation that the unveiled women were also running in short shorts and sports bras.
After more and more incidents like this I can better understand why so many women in the US want to convert to Islam ... Riiiiiiight!
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