Iran's creative opposition

Iranian opposition figures have covered their heads and started the Internet campaign "Men in Headscarves" in solidarity with a jailed student leader. The left-leaning daily Avgi welcomes the idea: "The government is saying that the student leader wore a headscarf to avoid being arrested [and have disseminated a photograph showing him in a headscarf]. The opposition bloggers insist it was a photomontage. ... Hamid Dabasi, professor of Iranian studies at New York's Columbia University, says the regime's attempt to humiliate the opposition is having a boomerang effect. 'Thousands of Iranians have followed the opposition's call and taken similar photos to show that there is nothing wrong either with their women or with their headscarves,' he says. This reaction shows two things: the opposition have a sense of humour and imagination (as opposed to the government and its supporters), and they are remaining active despite harsh police measures."

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