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Tehran Police: No More Arrests for Flouting [Islamic] Dress Code
AP ^ | 12/28/17 | Amir Vahdat

Posted on 12/30/2017 5:54:57 PM PST by marshmallow

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran’s capital said Thursday they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.

The announcement signaled an easing of punishments for violating the country’s conservative dress code, as called for by the young and reform-minded Iranians who helped re-elect President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, earlier this year.

But hard-liners opposed to easing such rules still dominate Iran’s security forces and judiciary, so it was unclear whether the change would be fully implemented.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Islam; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: dresscode; iran; iranianspring; muslimwomen; muslimworld; police; tehran; tehranpolice; women
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1 posted on 12/30/2017 5:54:57 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

How modern of them.


2 posted on 12/30/2017 5:56:13 PM PST by LydiaLong
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To: marshmallow

They are trying to throw protesters a bone.


3 posted on 12/30/2017 5:57:45 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: marshmallow
Wow. Women in Saudi Arabia are driving and women in Iran are ditching their headscarves.

How can we blame this on President Trump?

4 posted on 12/30/2017 5:58:55 PM PST by Drew68
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To: marshmallow

They won’t arrest them.

Incarceration and trials are expensive.

Bullets are cheap.


5 posted on 12/30/2017 5:59:10 PM PST by null and void (It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
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To: LydiaLong

Somehow the basic principles of Natural Rights and Natural Law just eluded them. They truly are living in the 7th century.


6 posted on 12/30/2017 5:59:38 PM PST by huckfillary
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To: marshmallow

The Iranian people know who’s in charge in DC now. I look for them to become more emboldened. They learned not to trust the Brown Clown.


7 posted on 12/30/2017 6:00:59 PM PST by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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To: marshmallow

This is good, and it is no coincidence it is happening now.

The ‘student revolution’ was starting near the end of Bush’s term.

Obama put a stop to that, and helped the muslim brotherhood and then ISIS dominate the region through the ‘Arab Spring”.

For 8 years they’ve had free reign thanks to Obama.

They see Trump as a change, and a possible opportunity for them.


8 posted on 12/30/2017 6:04:10 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: marshmallow

Iran in the 60’s and 70’s -

Shocking contrast. No wonder the people are pissed!

https://www.google.com/search?q=iran+in+the+60s&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS763US763&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj918yklLPYAhXk6IMKHSeCAIoQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=794#imgrc=_


9 posted on 12/30/2017 6:04:47 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: marshmallow

Modernity in the Islamic Republic of Iran? Anyone check with Obama?


10 posted on 12/30/2017 6:17:25 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Eddie01

This is what Hillary wanted for us Control


11 posted on 12/30/2017 6:18:27 PM PST by easternsky
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To: marshmallow

The mullets are getting nervous. Symbolic gestures won’t satisfy the marchers.


12 posted on 12/30/2017 6:20:16 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Az Joe

“The Iranian people know who’s in charge in DC now. I look for them to become more emboldened. They learned not to trust the Brown Clown.”

That is how I see it. They see President Trump as a strong leader who keeps his word. I think that emboldens them.


13 posted on 12/30/2017 6:33:59 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Eddie01
Iran today. It's common for women to flout the dress codes by loosely wearing their headscarves to expose hair.


14 posted on 12/30/2017 6:36:47 PM PST by Drew68
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To: marshmallow

This will not end well. Just a hunch.


15 posted on 12/30/2017 6:38:05 PM PST by onona (Faith is)
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To: Mr. K
Obama put a stop to that, and helped the muslim brotherhood and then ISIS dominate the region through the ‘Arab Spring”.

I was being sarcastic in my post #4 above but it turns out the Left truly is blaming Trump for the unrest going on in Iran now, which they attribute to economic deterioration due to Trump's unwinding of Obama's nuclear deal.

So Iranian women ditching their headscarves really is Trump's fault!

16 posted on 12/30/2017 6:39:54 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68
umm.......refugees welcome ?

And yes, to my house.

17 posted on 12/30/2017 6:41:24 PM PST by onona (Faith is)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“They are trying to throw protesters a bone.”

Exactly and they should give them one big FU back to the Mullahtrds.


18 posted on 12/30/2017 6:42:26 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Drew68

Thanks Drew, but they’re still forced to wear costumes.


19 posted on 12/30/2017 6:44:10 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Drew68
There was a picture book a few years that came out called "Iranian Living Room", which showed pictures of Iranians at home, this is the picture I most remember, and I absolutely fell in love with this picture, you can't deny that Iranian women are among the most beautiful around, and it's a damn shame the regime forces them to cover up.


20 posted on 12/30/2017 6:45:30 PM PST by dfwgator
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