Posted on 04/30/2007 7:34:43 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Iran bans 'Western' haircuts for men
April 30, 2007
TEHRAN'S barbers are to stop offering Iranian men unconventional Western hairstyles amid a nationwide crackdown on dressing deemed to be unIslamic, the Etemad newspaper reported on Sunday.
The paper quoted the head of the Tehran barbers' association as saying police had issued a directive forbidding its members from giving men offbeat hairstyles that are all the rage in more affluent parts of the capital.
"Currently some salons use Western grooming methods to create styles that are in line with the European and American ones," said the association's head, Mohammad Eftekhari-Fard.
"The union has repeatedly announced the restrictions against unconventional grooming when issuing permits to each of the barber shops. Hence barbers, knowing these rules, should not pursue the wrong methods," he warned.
"The union will withdraw its support from those barbers who cut hairstyles that are out of line with the norms of the system," he said.
Eftekhari-Fard did not specify which hairstyles were being targeted, but conservatives in Iran have long been upset by the heavy use of styling gel, shoulder-length hair and the spiky "big hair" styles sported by some of Tehran's young males.
The directive also banned the use of "facial cosmetics, plucking of eyebrows and applying special make-up in male salons," he said.
Iran has handed out thousands of warnings over the past week to women found to have infringed Islamic dress rules in the latest police crackdown.
However, the authorities have emphasised that men are not excluded from the drive, and males whose T-shirts were found to be too short or tight and hair excessively groomed have also found themselves apprehended.
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More lunacy from la la land.
Good....They’ll be easier to recognize in the sights.
ROFLMAO.
Thanks.
Boy, Iran sure is turning into a fun place to live!
I wonder if they regulate socks?
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This is a clear indication that their culture is a failure and will eventually lose out. When you have to force people to accept a culture it is doomed.
little did the little shiite-head realize that Moe was Jewish
Anyway, the libs and Hollywood, just love these guys.
Izzat what they call a “mullet”?
Heh. I wonder how you say “Business in the front, party in the back” in Farsi?
they are for piercing Christians with long swords then decapitating them.
I 'spose the Iranians could always rename it the mullaht and call it good....
Does that mean they don’t support John Edwards?
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