One lunchtime last week, Nasim went into a Tehran restaurant where most of the female diners were wearing their hair uncovered — an increasingly common trend in Iran’s big cities despite the country’s strict Islamic dress code. Then a family entered, one member in the full-length chador worn by conservative women.
“Everybody looked at her and some at our table discussed whether we should force her to remove it,” said the music teacher, 36. “None of us did anything, but the family felt a lot of pressure with the way others looked at them.”
