Iran will launch a women-only taxi company, 'The Ladies' Safe Trips,' in Tehran is aimed at women who feel uncomfortable riding in close proximity with members of the opposite sex. The company will only employ married female drivers.

"My main motivation for driving in this company is to create ... security for other women who always have to sit stressfully in taxis," a female driver employed at the company said.

In shared taxis, women and men are often forced to squash together in certain conditions. During trip many women feel stress and insecure in the presence of opposite sex person, a local newspaper reported Saturday.

In Iran men and women travel in separate sections of public transportation, such as buses. Being forced to sit closely to men in taxicabs makes some women uncomfortable, Pakistan's Daily Times reported Sunday.