Ahmadinejad steps into Iran’s dress-code debate

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TEHRAN — In the Islamic republic of Iran, the law requires women to cover their hair and bodies in public. But how to do so remains up to them, and the result is persistent confusion in the streets.

While leading Shiite Muslim clerics advise women to wear chadors — the traditional head-to-toe cloak, usually black — Iran's urban fashionistas increasingly prefer tight-fitting coats and scant head scarves.

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Joe Stephens, Carol D. Leonnig 26 Dec, 2011

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