The sniping continues
Western reporters seem to relish reporting on the fringes of Iranian politics.Ahmadinejad and clerics fight over head scarves
Every summer, Iranian police get tough on women who violate the country’s strict Islamic dress code by adjusting their veils and long coats to try to cope with the rising temperatures.
But this year, amid the annual crackdown, the issue of how women wear the veil — and what the government does about it — has become part of an intensifying rift between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and powerful Shiite clerics…
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