As spring season has hit the Iranian province, police authorities have become all the more vigilant. They are cracking down barbers giving Western-style haircuts and shop owners wearing T-shirts with English slogans. They are on the lookout for women wearing head scarves deemed too colorful or small.

This won’t stop in here, they are also planning to, block cell phone messages which they consider as ‘immoral’.

Such efforts ‘to boost ethical security’ are declared sporadically by the Shiite Muslim regime and the seasonal indignation usually dissipates within weeks. However, at a time of sharpening internal and external political pressures on the government, some residents fear that the current campaign, which is being more strictly enforced, may last far longer.

Authorities have already issued warnings to more than 1,000 women for being inappropriately dressed. Another 59 deemed provocatively attired were briefly detained.

Last week, an Iranian newspaper reported that security forces had warned 11 European tourists visiting a vegetable market in northern Tehran to observe the Islamic dress code.

I have no problem with Islam as a faith but have problem with the organization that treats one section of its members worse than others by denying them the same rights and treating them as second-class citizens.

Will they ever jumpstart from there prejudiced stance?

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