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Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers

Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting the
wretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.

Iran Moves to Roll Back Rights Won by Women

New York Times: The hard-liners who won Iran's parliamentary elections last February have focused on women's rights in their efforts to reverse some of the reforms carried out under the moderate president, Mohammad Khatami.

Iran hardliners demand clampdown on women's dress

Reuters: About 500 hardline vigilantes have taken to the streets of Tehran, demanding authorities crack down on women who wear colourful headscarves and figure-hugging coats which they denounce as "prostitution".

Mashhad Court Sentences Two Sisters to Lashes and Fines for Improper Dress

Radio Farda: Sep. 3 - A court in Mashhad on Thursday sentenced two young sisters to lashes, suspended jail terms and fine for not adhering to proper Islamic dress code. Vice squads had arrested the two as a part of a nationwide enforcement campaign.

Iran says curvy shop dummies must cover up

Reuters: Iran's moral crackdown has widened its focus from stylishly dressed women to curvaceous shop-window mannequins, a newspaper has reported.
Morals police have banned shopkeepers from showing unveiled dummies and lingerie in their windows.
And men were now forbidden to sell women's underwear, Sharq newspaper said on Tuesday.