Iran cracks down on ‘un-Islamic’ web users
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IRANIAN police have arrested eight people in a new crackdown targeting “un-Islamic acts” online such as female models posting images of themselves without their hair covered, part of a larger cultural struggle in the Islamic Republic over the country’s future.
State television said the operation, called Spider II, particularly targeted users of the Instagram picture-sharing application.
The television report included footage of model Elham Arab, known for her portraits in wedding dresses, speaking before Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi.
“All people love beauty and fame,” Arab said. “They would like to be seen, but it is important to know what price they will pay to be seen.”
The TV report did not say what charges she faced, nor did it identify the other seven people arrested. It said police identified some 170 people in the operation through social media activity as being involved in modeling, including 58 models, 59 photographers and makeup artists.
It said those targeted saw their businesses shut down, as well as their pages on Instagram and Facebook removed.
“We must fight with enemy’s actions in this area,” Dowlatabadi was quoted by the state-owned IRAN newspaper as saying. “Our actions in this area will continue.”
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