Iran Arrests 8 Models for Posing Online Without Headscarves
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by News Editor
Some of the Iranian models arrested for immodesty. Photo: Twitter composite.
Iranian police have arrested eight people in a new crackdown on models who post images of themselves online without their hair covered, state media reported Monday, part of a larger cultural struggle in the Islamic Republic over the country’s future.
The arrests follow the detentions of artists, poets, journalists and activists as moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s administration secured a landmark nuclear deal with world powers.
Read full story at The Associated Press.
