"THE LAW MUST BE RESPECTED IF THE CHASTITY OF SOCIETY IS TO BE PRESERVED" MUSLIMS DEMONSTRATE DEMANDING STATE TELEVISION BOOST "THE CULTURE OF VEIL AND CHASTITY" IN ITS PROGRAMMING"(IRAN)

Several hundred people have demonstrated in Iran's capital to demand that state television boost "the culture of the veil and chastity" in its programming.


Protesters denounced the presence of "badly veiled" women in soap operas and said women wearing the traditional full-body chador were often depicted as poor and uncultivated.


"The law must be respected if the chastity of society is to be preserved," demonstrator Fatemeh Rahmani said.


Media reports said similar rallies were staged across the country on Saturday (local time).



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