Tehran: Suppressive agents fearing backlash from residents, fle

Three annoying agents of the department of 'enjoining of virtue and prohibiting vice' in charge of overseeing women’s dress code in public approached 3 young women on Friday Jan 30th harassing them for allegedly not following the mandatory Mullahs’ imposed Islamic dress code. This happened in Sohrevardi Ave, Central Tehran at about 5PM Friday. A group of young men who were in the vicinity at that time intervened and clashed with the suppressive and reactionary Basij agents forcing them to back off. The fear of a wider spread protest forced the Basij paramilitary agents to flee the scene avoiding a bigger demonstration and subsequent scuffle with the police. The 3 young women reached their homes safely.