The office of Iran's prosecutor-general issued a series of new directives Tuesday to the country's police to act "decisively" against women who fail to comply with the country's controversial hijab rules.
The ISNA news agency quoted Deputy Prosecutor-General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi as saying that police will be obliged to arrest and hand over to the judiciary women who remove their headscarves in public. Outlining detailed penalties, he said those women could face detention from 10 days to two months, while other measures were also at the disposal of judges, including a range of bans on work and political activity as well as banishment and confiscation of vehicles.
