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Iran:
Coffee shops sealed for employing women
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The
owner of a Tehran coffee shop posted in his Facebook, the image of a letter
explaining the reason for closure of his shop. The letter cites “employment ofwomen” as the reason for sealing the coffee shop.
In
late November, it was reported that 26 coffee shops had been closed down in the
Iranian capital.
Prior
to this on August 30, 2014, Khalil Helali, chief of Public Places Police
pointed out that employment of women in coffee shops were forbidden.
“As a general
rule it is forbidden to employ women for working in the coffee shops,” he
noted. “A woman who applies for coffee shop license must have men as caretaker
of the facility because based on the law, women are not allowed to go to coffee
shops or work there even if they own the shop’s license.”
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