Ahmad-Reza Radan

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Brigadier-General Ahmad Reza Radan is Tehran's police chief, infamous for his crackdown on "unIslamic" hair and dress style.[1]

Radan served as commander during the 1980-88 Iraqi-imposed war. He also held various posts in the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP), including as police commander of Khorasan Razavi province.[2]

Radan is well-known for his aggressive action on Islamic dress code, distribution of illegal film DVDs and controlling hair and dress style of people. [3][4]

[edit] Public security plan and Moralization Campaign

In 2007, Ahmad Reza Radan launched a "Public Security Plan": The police arrested dozens of “thugs” to increase public security. The arrested "thugs" are sometimes beaten on camera in front of neighborhood inhabitants, or forced to wear hanging watering cans used for lavatory ablutions around their necks.[5] Among these "thugs" is Meysam Lotfi, a young Iranian who was arrested during Iran student riots in July 1999 and jailed for 6 months. According to his parents, he has never had any criminal history or history of illegal action, and has never been arrested or jailed before. He is currently listed for execution. His former lawyer was Abdolfattah Soltani.[6][7]

During the first three months of the campaign against women not adhering fully to the strict Islamic dress code, in Tehran alone 62,785 women were stopped by police, and of these 1,837 were arrested. In the first three months, police arrested in the capital more than 8,000 young "criminals" who have offended public morals.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Iran cracks down on 'unIslamic' dress | NEWS.com.au
  2. ^ Radan appointed new Tehran Police chief - Irna
  3. ^ Iran News - Iranian police combating film piracy
  4. ^ ISNA - 07-15-2007 - 86/4/24 - سرويس: / حوادث / شماره خبر: 960338
  5. ^ Thug” Crackdown Operation under Way in Iran (ROOZ :: English)
  6. ^ Shahrzad News
  7. ^ [1]

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