Iranian police are poised to launch a fresh pre-summer crackdown on women disrespecting the Islamic dress code, a press report said yesterday. “Unfortunately we see some immodestly and inappropriately dressed women who violate the rights of others,” the hardline Jomhuri Islami newspaper quoted Tehran’s police chief as saying. “There will be firm confrontation with these people who disrespect religious sanctities and social values,” Commander Morteza Talai said, adding the clampdown will start on April 21.Every post-pubescent female in Iran, regardless of her nationality or religion, is obliged to observe the Islamic dress code. Police crackdowns on skimpy dressers are common every summer, when many women defy the rules by wearing three-quarter length trousers, sandals showing off painted toenails, lighter coats revealing their curves and headscarves that barely cover their hair.