Iranian universities have been ordered to ban women from “wearing caps or hats without scarves, tight and short jeans, and body piercing,” although earrings will be permitted, according to the semi official Fars news agency. Also prohibited are long nails and tattoos, and male students are also to be barred from wearing tight clothing as well as “very short sleeves.” Iranian laws require all women to cover their hair and wear loose fitting clothing, in accordance with Islamic law established after the 1979 revolution.

Sahar Heydar is one our cute friends from Shiraz. Sahar is university student and crazy about modeling and as result of her craze and hard work she declared best model girl for the year 2009 in her university. She wants to share her success with our readers. She tells that now after winning contest she is receiving so many offers from modeling profession but she wants to complete her studies first and then she will enter in this field.

Well Sahar, thank you very much for sharing your gorgeous snap and prosperity with us, we wish you all the best for your studies and future.

Afareen Ahmed is student of Social Sciences & Humanities in Azad University Mashhad. If we see back in last few years the number of young Iranian women who have been admitted to universities has risen dramatically. In the last five years alone, Iranian women have made up more than 60 percent of university entrants. It’s a surprising development for the Islamic Republic.

The remarkable educational progress of Iranian girls in the last decade should be considered a social phenomenon, because its implications for social relations, the labor market, and the status of women in society and in the family are very, very important in determining the future of Iran. The Education Ministry recently proposed a quota system aimed at limiting the number of women who can enroll in courses like medicine, where female students are rapidly outnumbering males.