Tehran: Women in the Iranian capital will no longer be arrested for going out with their heads uncovered, police has said, as the country has begun to ease up the Islamic dress code.
The move comes 39 years after a strict dress code was implemented in the country after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Tehran Police announced on December 27 that women no longer risk arrest for breaching the country’s the Islamic dress code, which includes wearing wear long, loose garments, and a ban on nail polish, heavy make-up and loose headscarves.
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