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Previously, undercover morality police had been reporting on things like "bad hijab," a term used to describe un-Islamic dress by women.
Iranian police have taken a softer approach to breaking Islamic rules, Tehran's police chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi said in a speech on Wednesday.
"According to a decision of the commander of the police force, those who do not observe Islamic codes
will no longer be taken to detention centers nor judicial files opened on them," the police chief said as quoted by Reuters, adding that the police offered education courses while 7,913 people had been educated in these classes so far.
The current position on the breach of Islamic rules shows a remarkable shift, compared to the stance taken by Rahimi's predecessor General Hossein Sajedinia, who said last year that
some 7,000 undercover morality police had been reporting on things like "bad hijab," a term used to describe un-Islamic dress by women.
The data provided by Tehran's traffic police showed that
in late 2015 they dealt with 40,000 cases of "bad hijab" in cars when women let their headscarves drop around their necks.
Such breaches were usually punished by fines and temporary detention of the vehicle.
Comment: So, the Brits want to boost enlistment by focusing on inane 'politically correct' language that only appeals to an exceedingly small segment of the population who for the most part aren't even interested in military service? Going out on a limb here, but promoting UK troops as genderless daisies doesn't exactly project the image of fearsome warriors. Then again, it's not like the Brits aren't already used to being spineless servants of US foreign policy. If the shoe fits, they might as well wear it!