In Iran, eight people have been arrested as part of an operation that tracks down women not wearing headscarves in Instagram photos. Javad Babaei, the prosecutor of Tehran's cyber crimes court, said Sunday that social media poses "threats to morality and the foundation of family," and modeling agencies are behind roughly 20 percent of posts on Instagram from Iran that are "making and spreading un-Islamic culture and promiscuity." Since 1979, women in Iran have been required to cover their hair w...
In Iran, eight people have been arrested as part of an operation that tracks down women not wearing headscarves in Instagram photos. Javad Babaei, the prosecutor of Tehran's cyber crimes court, said Sunday that social media poses "threats to morality and the foundation of family," and modeling agencies are behind roughly 20 percent of posts on Instagram from Iran that are "making and spreading un-Islamic culture and promiscuity." Since 1979, women in Iran have been required to cover their hair w...
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