The World : Iran Enforces Dress Code

Revolutionary Guards in Iran have closed scores of boutiques and garment shops in Tehran in a renewed campaign against “immoral Western dress,” residents of the capital said. The campaign started after the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani, issued a warning to women against defying dress regulations. Owners of shops displaying women’s underwear were told they would be liable to public floggings and fines, the Tehran residents, reached by phone from Athens, reported. Rafsanjani also announced that special camps will be set up “to reform ladies and gentlemen at various levels of moral turpitude.”