As part of their graduation ceremony this spring, Iranian policewomen demonstrated their skills, rappelling down the side of a building in Tehran.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: As part of their graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. ceremony this spring, Iranian policewomen demonstrated their skills, rappelling down the side of a building in Tehran. To comply with Iran's strict Islamic dress code, policewomen must wear a chador, or head-to-toe black cloak, over black trousers. During the ceremony, the graduates also demonstrated their expertise in judo judo (j  `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. , arresting armed robbers, and dismantling dis·man·tle tr.v. dis·man·tled, dis·man·tling, dis·man·tles 1. a. To take apart; disassemble; tear down. b. bombs. |
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