Iranian police said they had closed more than 800 clothes shops to
stop them selling “unconventional” women’s coats, state media reported
on Monday.
A further 3,000 shops have been sent warnings, the IRNA news agency reported.
A new fashion for women’s coats — known as “manteaux” in Iran — with
English phrases printed on the back had attracted the attention of the
authorities, who passed new regulations in July.
The coats in question tend to have nonsensical phrases such as “Keep
Calm I’m the Queen” written on them, but they also have short arms and
no buttons in the front.
Under Iranian law, women must wear a manteau, or similar item, that
loosely covers the whole body from the neck down to the knee.
AFP
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