Woman Whipped 74 Times For "Violating Public Morals" In Iran

All women in Iran have been required by law to cover their neck and head since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iranian authorities have whipped a woman 74 times for "violating public morals" and fined her for not covering her head, the judiciary said.

"The convicted, Roya Heshmati, encouraged permissiveness (by appearing) disgracefully in busy public places in Tehran," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said late on Saturday.

"Her penalty of 74 strokes of the lash was carried out by the law and with sharia," and "for violating public morals," Mizan said.