Sex segregation in Iran

Sex segregation prohibits males from viewing females, and age of consent laws do not exist, as all sexual activity outside marriage is illegal.

However, certain parts of Iranian society, primarily in wealthy urban neighborhoods, have accepted relationships between unmarried individuals despite it being illegal.

In recent years males have often attempted to break the law, and in present times there have been cases of men entering the female-only wagons.

Due to extreme sex segregation in the past, Iranian mothers typically chose a wife for their son, and largely continue to do so.

According to biographies, during Naser al-Din Shah Qajar era, adolescent boys and girls were not allowed to meet each other and all marriages were formed through interference of their parents.

Reza Shah attempted to challenge the patriarchal structure of Iran by increasing visibility and mobility of women and to emancipate them from what he viewed as oppressive traditional practices.

Khomeini's call to rise up against Mohammad Reza Shah took away any doubt in the minds of many devoted Muslim women about the propriety of taking to the streets during the day or at night.

After the Iranian revolution, many guardian groups were in charge for controlling social subjects which were important to the new government like women's clothing and sex segregation of youth.

Some of these groups were Islamic Revolution Committees (1979-1991) and Iranian Gendarmerie Jondolla which were converted to newer forms like Guidance Patrol (2005-now) after several years.

According to Islamic rules (basis of the constitution) in Iran, looking Non-mahram females is haram (religiously forbidden) whether they are real or on TV (just live).

Also according to Islamic penal codes, if a woman has an objection against a man, this is considered as female violence and has legal punishment.

In the port of Bandare Anzali protesters continued to object for 3 months, but the governor Abolghasem Hosseinjani neglected them and divided the beach by 200 m segments named for men, for women and not suitable for swimming.

If they arouse sexual desires in any given country, if they spread unrestrained mixing of men and women, and if they lead youth to behavior to which they are naturally inclined by instincts, there will no longer be any need for artillery and guns against that nation.

During early years after the revolution, Komiteh morality police used to prevent wedding ceremonies with sex mingling in outdoor gardens.

[24] In 2023, an Iranian media objected Hassan Yazdani a famous wrestler for shaking hands with a non-Mahram at the game,[25] the scene which was censored by national TV channels.

In 2023, the issue was reopened by Gholamabas Torki (in Persian: غلامعباس ترکی) vice attorney-general of the country who said "male physicians don't have to examine female patients.

General Hosein Sajedi-nia said police officers will prevent skiers in Tehran ski reserves from immoral behaviours.

[34] In 2022 images of Sardar Talaie, ex-police chief of Tehran in social media were issued showing him exercising in a mixed gym.

A turmoil started among Iranian people why the ex-commander of civil police who was responsible for confronting and punishing mingling of sexes is doing sport in a mixed gym in Canada.

[37] In 2016, police arrested 25 boys and girls with the average age of 25-35 who didn't have any familiar relationship and were together in a garden villa in Pardis County (around Tehran).

Saeed Moeedfar, an Iranian sociologist, said in an interview with Fararu press: "Sex segregation policy forms negative reaction in the society.

Attitudes of previous policy makers has caused abnormalities in the society and people don't pay attention to moral and ethic norms which obeyed before sex segregation any more.