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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police in northeastern Iran are launching a new morality drive by confiscating alluring mannequins from boutiques and clothes stalls in the bazaar, authorities in the city of Bojnourd said Monday.

A spokesman for the city's judiciary, who asked not be named, explained the drive would tackle problems of "public chastity." He said 65 mannequins have been impounded so far.

He explained the crack-down on tailors' dummies was part of a larger offensive against anti-social behavior such as vandalism and biker gangs.

Bojnourd owes its traditional religious climate to the nearby shrine city of Mashhad, a focal point of pilgrimage for the world's Shi'ite Muslims.

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Curb On Alluring Mannequins In Iran

November 1, 2005 8:01 a.m. EST

Niladri Sekhar Nath - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent

Tehran, Iran (AHN) - Police in northeastern Iran intensify a new morality campaign by seizing appealing mannequins from boutiques and clothes stalls in the bazaar in the city of Bojnourd.

A spokesman for the city's judiciary says the drive will solve problems of "public chastity." He says 65 mannequins have been confiscated so far.

Authorities believe the seizing of tailors' dummies will curb anti-social behavior such as vandalism and biker gangs. Bojnourd, close to the city shrine city of Mashhad, and a holy site for the world's Shi'ite Muslims, is known for being conservative.