Women dressing modestly in a northern Iranian province have been receiving gifts from police “modesty squads,” scouring the streets for decently dressed women during the Islamic month of Ramadan.Each woman spotted out and about, deemed to be modestly dressed by female members of the squad, is given a rose, according to report from the Israel-based Ynet news on Sunday.Islamist rulers in Iran have recently ordered stricter enforcement measures from the Iranian Moral Police and the Revolutionary Guards.Once You Get The Hang Of It, Thank-you Notes Are Easy.
According to Iranian police Chief Ismael Ahmadi Moqadam last June, Iran now wants to intensify its struggle against women who it believes dress in an un-Islamic way.Moqadam said last month that his forces require the assistance of Iran's "moral capital and pious people,” and that the regime “must not allow the virus to spread by badly worn headscarves."
But some critics have branded the rose “gifts” to modestly dressed women as patronizing.“Just who is the Iranian government to intervene and distinguish between 'good and bad' women?” asks Alireza Nourizadeh, the director of the Center for Arab & Iranian Studies in London.“The good woman, who follows Islamic instructions and is covered from top to toe, gets a flower,” Nourizadeh added, mockingly summarizing his interpretation of the phenomenon.
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