Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday.I couldn't find the link in the Fars website, but last month the news agency was clearly telegraphing that these rules were coming. It published a series of articles about the dress codes at Western universities in its Persian edition, and used that as proof that there was nothing extremist about enforcing Islamic dress codes in Iran.
The semi-official Fars news agency published a list of universities around Iran that were given a note outlining the code but did not say on what basis they were selected.
The new rules ban women from "wearing caps or hats without scarves, tight and short jeans, and body piercing", except earrings, Fars said.
It said tattoos, long nails, tooth gems, tight overcoats, and bright clothes were also banned.
The new code also bans male students from dying their hair, plucking eyebrows, wearing tight clothes, shirts with "very short sleeves" and jewellery, Fars said.
For example, it published the dress code at St. Louis University, claiming that it was for students - but it was for employees.
Missouri State University's code says "brief shorts, trank tops, tube tops, torn jeans, bare feet are not acceptable. Wearing of pierced jewelry should be confined to ears only. Tattoos should be covered."
They also are happy to see that Brigham Young University has a strict dress code, without mentioning that it is a Mormon school.