IranMania News: Film festival organiser arrested over dressers
LONDON, Sept 15 (IranMania) - The organiser of an independent film festival has been arrested by Iran's moral police following protests over the non-respect of the Islamic dress code in the cinema hall, a colleague said Wednesday, reported by AFP.
According to a police official quoted in the Shargh newspaper, the board of directors of the the Cinema House Festival were all summoned following "repeated protests over the non-observance of the Islamic dress code".
The organisers later told AFP that the director of Monday's event, Abolhasan Davoodi, had been arrested but gave no further details.
The independent film body also promptly issued a statement that acknowledged, "with deep regret", that "some of those invited did not abide by the notices" reminding women to properly cover up.
The annual Cinema House Festival, now into its eighth year, is organised by members of Iran's bustling independent movie scene.
The event shows film clips and then hands out a series of awards. It is often labelled as Iran's answer to the Oscars.
But this year the festival came under fierce attack by two hardline newspapers -- the morning Jomhuri Islami and afternoon Kayhan -- which plastered pictures of several women at the festival wearing flimsy headscarfs, three-quarter length trousers and skimpy coats.
Many of the women were also plastered in cosmetics and appeared to be having a good time.
Every post-pubescent female in Iran, regardless of her nationality or religion, is obliged to observe the Islamic dress code and cover her hair whenever outside the home.
Police in Tehran have for several months been engaged in a tough crackdown on skimpy dressers, with offenders facing fines, brief custody and lessons in Islamic morality.
According to a police official quoted in the Shargh newspaper, the board of directors of the the Cinema House Festival were all summoned following "repeated protests over the non-observance of the Islamic dress code".
The organisers later told AFP that the director of Monday's event, Abolhasan Davoodi, had been arrested but gave no further details.
The independent film body also promptly issued a statement that acknowledged, "with deep regret", that "some of those invited did not abide by the notices" reminding women to properly cover up.
The annual Cinema House Festival, now into its eighth year, is organised by members of Iran's bustling independent movie scene.
The event shows film clips and then hands out a series of awards. It is often labelled as Iran's answer to the Oscars.
But this year the festival came under fierce attack by two hardline newspapers -- the morning Jomhuri Islami and afternoon Kayhan -- which plastered pictures of several women at the festival wearing flimsy headscarfs, three-quarter length trousers and skimpy coats.
Many of the women were also plastered in cosmetics and appeared to be having a good time.
Every post-pubescent female in Iran, regardless of her nationality or religion, is obliged to observe the Islamic dress code and cover her hair whenever outside the home.
Police in Tehran have for several months been engaged in a tough crackdown on skimpy dressers, with offenders facing fines, brief custody and lessons in Islamic morality.
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