Dress Code in Iran Men Shorts are not acceptable. Wearing ties or bows is not a problem.

T-shirts are acceptable. Women Obeying Islamic rules including Hijab or Islamic dress-code is necessary in Iran. However these rules are not observed very strict, especially for tourists and foreigners. You must not worry about maintaining your hijab , since in times you have forgotten about it, the maximum penalty will be a request (usually in a kind way) to make it correct. There are some minimum requirements for foreign women dress-code in public places : 1. Color : It's a completely false belief that wearing must be dark in Iran. There is no limitation in this respect and we recommend you make sure using light colors in summer. 2. Head : Hair should be covered. It does not mean you shall have a tight scarf around your head. Don't worry, It is very usual that some parts remain out of the cover. It's quite acceptable for women to allow whips of their hair to frame their face. Appropriate hats & caps can do this function as well as scarves. Scarf is the most common covering for head and is called "Roosari" in Farsi. 3. Body : Should be covered with loose clothes like man shirt, coat or manteau. Arms should not be bare. 4. Legs & feet : Legs should be covered down to ankles. Feets can be bare and you can wear sandals. Tight jeans are no problem. Tip1 : In summer and hot weather, you can cheat(!) and not wear shirt under your coat/manteau. Who understands?! Tip2 : In winter time, apart from covering the head, the rest is the same as what you wear in your home country. Tip3 : You better enter Iran with a coat and a scarf and select your style by watching the Iranian women in the streets. Tip 4 : Once a chador is needed, like in holy places, it will be given upon entrance. Tip 5 : Following the dress-code is necessary form the time of on-boarding international flights. On Iranian Flights, it is usually requested when the plane enters the Iranian boundaries.

ARTICLE REVIEW Iran is one of countries with a dress code. The rules are quite simple: for men, no short pants or short sleeve shirts. For women, your head and hair must be covered. You must also wear something loose to cover your body to mid-calf. So much for the rules: what was interesting was the variations I saw in the streets. For men I did see some guys, mostly young bucks in Tehran, who wore short-sleeve shirts. In fact, Moghadam wore a short sleeve shirt one day and often had his shirt sleeves rolled up, but then he was from Tehran. I wanted to play it conservative so I stuck to long sleeves, only rolling them up in the car. I figured the least I could do was comply with local sensitivities. For women there are at least two major dress variations. The most conservative women wear the chador made of a loose piece of fabric, usually black. The woman holds it together at the neck and when their hands are full, they use their teeth. It must be hard to keep the thing in place because you see women readjusting them all the time. Another common form of dress for women is a hood or large scarf that covers the head and shoulders. This is then worn with a long shapeless coat, like a raincoat. I saw the hoods mostly on schoolgirls and they were often white or blue in addition to black. Scarves seemed to be worn by the more fashionable women and often had bright printed patterns. Tourist women comprise a separate class: the more sensitive will wear the scarves/raincoat, but you also see some, mostly from larger tour groups Italians I was told that just wear a cap or hat and some kind of loose coat. These are probably the very same people who complain that there were not received well in Iran.