Iranian arrested for models is not enough in the Islamic Photo Instagram

Several models in Iran were arrested and forced to publicly humiliated for what they published their glamorous photos with her head uncovered on the Internet. Vice Squad arrested eight models in the new campaign against "un-Islamic behavior", including the lack of a veil on the heads of women.

Elham Arab

One well-known beauty, Elham Arab, famous for his photo shoot in their wedding clothes, questioned in front of the cameras in the Iranian Revolutionary Court. Dyed blond hair girl were covered with a black veil. She was accused of "propaganda of Western debauchery" and sentenced to a public self-criticism.

Elham Arab

"Everyone loves the beauty and glory, - said Elham Arab. - People like to be seen, but it is important to know what price they will pay for what they see »

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The arrests were carried out in the framework of operations with dummies, codenamed "Spider-2", aimed directly against Instagram users. Dummy agent recognized 170 people who are in the Instagram page, including 59 photographers and makeup artists, models 58, 51 control salons and fashion designer, as well as the two existing organizations.

Nilufar Behbudi

"We found that about 20% of the (Iranian) tape Instagram being people from the fashion circles," - said the investigator Jawad bogeyman. "They cultivate and spread immoral and non-Islamic culture and promiscuity", - he added

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In addition to the eight arrests, the investigation initiated criminal proceedings against 21 persons. Among those arrested were Melik Zamani, Nilufar Behbudi, Doña Moghadam, Nick Dana, Shabnam Molavi, Hamid Elnaz Golroh and Fada, who wear the hijab is not mandatory, but it also suffered for glamor shots. Wearing the hijab in public places in Iran became mandatory after the Islamic revolution of 1979 year.

Earlier, Iran detained some artists, poets, journalists and activists, after a moderately tuned the president Hassan Rouhani has concluded an agreement on its nuclear program with the six most influential countries in the world. This indicates that the conservatives among the police and the judiciary, though failed to prevent an agreement with Western countries, but retain significant influence and fear that a free public foundations weaken the Islamic republic.

Detained citizens lost their businesses, and their pages in Instagram and Facebook have been blocked. Page Elham Arab was not available in Instagram 16 May.

< Elnaz Golroh

In recent years, Iranian women, especially in Tehran, is very loosely treated to wearing the traditional headscarf, triggering the fury of conservatives. Tehran police identified 7,000 agents of both sexes in the department for the protection and observance of the national dress code.

The attack on the models - the only one of the authorities' actions in an attempt to control the Internet in Iran

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About 40% of Iran's population, which has 80 million people, have access to the Internet, and even this access is tightly controlled and censored.

In May 2014, police arrested a group of Iranian boys and girls dancing on the video to the song Happy Pharrell Williams.

Although arrests have been criticized by the public and by the performer, each of those arrested were sentenced to six months suspended sentence and 91 lashes.

According to Elham Arab, the median income for a successful model in Iran is 100 million riyals (3, 4 thousand dollars).

Melika Zamani

Instagram is very popular in Iran. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, which are blocked by the authorities, Instagram is available for residents of the Islamic Republic.