The World - News from April 20, 1989

Women in Iran may be punished with up to 74 lashes if they wear makeup or see-through stockings in public, the government has warned. A notice by the State Security Council published in Iranian newspapers this week said that laws punishing violators of hijab , or Islamic covering, will be strictly enforced beginning Friday. The notice listed eight types of violations involving the face, body and legs. These include exposing the hair in a vulgar way, using lipstick and eye-shadow in a provocative manner, wearing clothes that accentuate body curves and see-through stockings not covered by trousers. Men were also warned that they should not wear “gaudy clothes which are at odds with public decency.”