MEN DONNING HIJAB TO POKE FUN AT AUTHORITIES

Internet activism in Iran has spanned from the serious to the frivolous: highlighting political crackdowns as well as tweaking conservative sensibilities. Now add cross-dressing to the list.

A campaign by the site My Stealthy Freedom is urging Iranian men to don head scarves, known as hijab, as a poke at the public dress codes for women. The responses have included veiled men — complete with moustaches and stubble — and even a few who have put on a chador, a flowing full-body garment that reveals only the face.

“I hate when they used morality police in order to force my wife to wear compulsory hijab. There are a lot of men in Iran who have respect for women’s freedom of choice,” according to a translation of one post on the site.