Although island authorities draw the line at booze and bikinis, Kish remains a haven of freedom in an Islamic republic under the deepening conservatism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Lately, however, Kish has lost a few freedoms. It used to boast of beaches for foreign tourists where women could bathe in bikinis alongside men. Those beaches proved too racy and were shut down.
"There are new restrictions here now," says Nasim Sehat, a vacationing 20-year-old Tehran woman bowling with her family. "My sister and I couldn't get permission yesterday to go diving, because we are ladies."
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