 Reformist politicians have criticized the unpopular patrols but the patrols ‘interminable’ according to Iranian judicial authorities who have pointed out that in the Islamic Republic the president does not have control over the enforcement of dress codes.In May 2016, the Iranian government announced the arrest of eight women involved in online modeling without a mandatory head scarf.Mehdi Abutorabi, a blogger who managed a publishing tool called Persian Blog, was also detained.