Source: Mehr News Agency, Tehran
Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said police will deal firmly
with those who violate socially accepted norms, including disregard for the
Islamic dress code.
Morality police question a
woman in Tehran (December 2007)
"As the president has ordered and the people have demanded, police will take firm action against those who break the norms and those organized networks (which seek to undermine the Islamic rules)," Najjar said on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting with provincial governors.
The current administration is determined to resolve the cultural and social ills and has allocated 1.5 billion dollars for cultural plans, he added.
A group of people
rallied in Tehran on Friday demanding observance of hijab
The police have announced that it is going to
enforce a culturally and religiously-accepted social behavior just ahead of the
summer.
The plan is aimed at assuring that the Islamic dress code and the accepted
standards of social behavior based on the Islamic teachings are observed in the
society.