Plainclothes agents in Shiraz entered a wedding party on 19 January to control the dress code and gender segregation. Despite the fact that a curtain was step up in the middle of the hall to separate the men from the women, the agents criticized the guests, quoted the city’s Friday prayer leader, raised a serious scuffle and finally arrested a number of the guests.
Firooz Abadi, the city’s Friday prayer leader had said “there must be a wall between men and women” and “playing music is forbidden after 10 pm”.
