 Iran has tightened controls on its Islamic dress code for women, banning robes deemed too revealing, newspapers said Sunday.
Authorities sent directives to shops to stop the production and sale of "immoral coats," which are body-clinging and too short, the newspapers reported. Under Iran's strict Islamic law, women are required to dress in loose-fitting, ankle-length clothes and cover their hair and neck with headscarves. Violators risk being fined or lashed. Residents say Iran has periodic crackdowns after protests by conservatives that many women are flouting the dress code. In a sign of a gradual relaxation of Iran's social restrictions, some Iranian women wear long trousers and knee- length tight robes, and allow part of their hair to spill out from under colorful scarves.
(Agencies) | 据当地报纸5月25日的报道，伊朗已经加紧了对妇女伊斯兰服装的管制，禁止妇女们穿着过于暴露的长袍。 伊朗政府向各个商店颁布了指令，严令禁止生产和销售"不合道德标准的服装"：就是那种紧身的、太短的衣服。 在伊朗这个国家中，伊斯兰教规十分严格，要求妇女们穿着宽松的、长达脚踝的衣服，还要用女士专门的头巾遮住头发和脖子。那些感冒天下之大不韪者将会面临处罚甚至鞭笞的酷刑。 伊朗每隔一段时间就会有保守者对女士们无视教规对服装的规定而进行抗议，之后政府就会抓紧对妇女服装的管制。 原来，随着伊朗政府对社会风俗的宗教限制逐渐放松，一些伊朗妇女穿起了长裤和只长及膝盖的紧身袍子，而且还可以将秀发从那些五颜六色的头巾下面解放出一部分了。（因此，就有一些保守主义者对此看不惯啦！）
（中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2003-05-28 01:00
