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May 9, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/world/middleeast/when-freedom-is-the-right-to-stay-under-wraps.html?ref=middleeast

Iranian Conservatives Demand Harsher Measures Against Women Who Flout Islamic Dress Code

(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - Separate columns of Iranian men and women in black chadors fist-pumped their way through Tehran on Wednesday, shouting for the government to arrest all women who are improperly veiled. "Corruption and immorality have engulfed the nation," Shala Mousavi told Iran's state television. "We are forced to act."

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