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Iran bans Western haircuts, eyebrow plucking for; The Uni-brow Is Back In Fashion
Topic Started: Apr 30 2007, 09:33 PM (131 Views)
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TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iranian police have warned barbers against offering Western-style hair cuts or plucking the eyebrows of their male customers, Iranian media said Sunday.

The report by a reformist daily, later confirmed by an Iranian news agency, appeared to be another sign of authorities cracking down on clothing and other fashion deemed to be against Islamic values.

"Western hairstyles ... have been banned," the newspaper Etemad said in a front-page headline.

It came a week after police launched a crackdown against the growing number of young women testing the limits of the law with shorter, brighter and skimpier clothing ahead of the summer months.

Under Iran's Islamic Sharia law, imposed after the 1979 revolution, women are obligated to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figures.

Violators can receive lashes, fines and imprisonment.

The student news agency ISNA quoted a police statement as saying: "In an official order to barbershops, they have been warned to avoid using Western hair styles and doing men's eyebrows."

Young Iranian men have in recent years started paying more attention to the way they look and dress, especially in affluent parts of the capital Tehran. Spiked up hair, by using gel, is known as the Khorusi (Rooster) style and some also use make-up.

Several hairdressers for men in Tehran offer cuts in the style of Hollywood movie stars and other Western celebrities. Clients can also have their eyebrows plucked.

The head of the barbers' union, Mohammad Eftekharifard, said police had instructed it to "exercise specific regulations in barbershops that work under its supervision."

Barbers who do not follow these rules might be closed down for a month and even lose their permits to operate, Etemad quoted him as saying.

"Currently some barbershops apply make-up and use (hair) styles that are in line with those in European countries and America," Eftekharifard said.

He added: "An official order has been sent to the union ... not to apply make-up on men's faces (or) do eyebrows ... and hence the barbers are not allowed to do these things."

Since hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidency in 2005 on a promise of returning to the values of the revolution, hardliners have pressed for tighter controls on what they consider immoral behavior.

Copyright 2007 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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...makes Saddam, with his rock 'n' roll lifestyle and Secular values, seem rather appealing by comparison.

Talk about invading the wrong country....right next door to the pro-Western, Secular govt. with no nukes, was an anti-Western Islamic State that's about to get nukes.

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So, we should invade because they regulate haircuts?
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why not?
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No, we should not invade Iran in order to impose our hairstyles upon them.

But, 5 years ago, if you were going to invade a threatening nation - if you subscribed to the doctrine of pre-emption - then, Iran would have been the strategically better choice, especially considering that 80% of Iranians were opposed to their government at the time.


P.S. - Is there any way that I can block out Rev's posts, so that I don't have to see photographs mutilated carcasses, flithy toilet bowls, etc...? I've already gotten rid of the avatars, so that I don't have to see a man's head squished every 3 seconds.
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Toilet bowl was mine. -_-
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INVADE. EXTERMINATE. :dalek:
There are no promises or assurances in any shape or form contained in the above post. Do not trust this Monkey.
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