Iranians were known for their "French chic." You can see it here in the way many Iranians dress. Good for whomever came up with this app.
Iranian youth get app to dodge morality police
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Image captionIf Iranians get on the wrong side of an Ershad patrol their evening out can end very fast.
An anonymous team of Iranian app developers have come up with a solution to help young fashion conscious Iranians avoid the country's notorious morality police known in Persian as "Ershad" or guidance.
Ershad's mobile checkpoints which usually consist of a van, a few bearded men and one or two women in black chadors, are deployed in towns across Iran and appear with no notice.
Ershad personnel have a very extensive list of powers ranging from issuing warnings and forcing those they accuse of violating Iran's Islamic code of conduct, to make a written statement pledging to never do so again, to fines or even prosecuting offenders.
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Iranian youth get app to dodge morality police - BBC News
Iranian youth get app to dodge morality police
- 9 February 2016
Image captionIf Iranians get on the wrong side of an Ershad patrol their evening out can end very fast.
An anonymous team of Iranian app developers have come up with a solution to help young fashion conscious Iranians avoid the country's notorious morality police known in Persian as "Ershad" or guidance.
Ershad's mobile checkpoints which usually consist of a van, a few bearded men and one or two women in black chadors, are deployed in towns across Iran and appear with no notice.
Ershad personnel have a very extensive list of powers ranging from issuing warnings and forcing those they accuse of violating Iran's Islamic code of conduct, to make a written statement pledging to never do so again, to fines or even prosecuting offenders.
Continue reading at:
Iranian youth get app to dodge morality police - BBC News
