Iranian students suspended for ignoring Islamic dress code

A number of students have been suspended from university for “one or two terms” because of their “improper Hijab” (Islamic attire); an Allameh Tabatabai University official announced.

Mehr News Agency reported today that Ghader Parviz announced that “disregard” of warnings about “hijab” has led to the suspension of several students, the number of which he cannot disclose due to regulations.

He remarked that the number of Hijab violations has increased in the past year and added: “Every week people are being summoned to the disciplinary committees of the university.”

In recent weeks, the Ministry of Science and Technolgy issued a directive to all universities to enforce stricter confrontation with those in violation of proper Islamic dress codes.

Iranian universities, which have acted as a beacon keeping the fire of election protests alive in the past year, are being hit with a conservative backlash from the Islamic Republic government.