Iran Hairstyles: Country Cracks Down On Men's 'Dos

Iran is cracking down on expressive hairstyles...men's hairstyles, that is. The Daily Mail reports that the country's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is creating a catalog of acceptable hairdos for this month's Modesty and Veil Festival.

Among the new regulations, no long hair or ponytails, no mandatory beard and a bit of gel is okay. Those with illegal 'dos are taken to police stations where they are "unceremoniously and inexpertly shorn," according to the Mail.

Comments

[rougebaisers]

08:12 AM on 07/25/2010

Why don't they all just kill themselves?

[joeprice]

07:38 AM on 07/10/2010

iran, iraq, read the bible. it is the one true religon. and that is true, if you want the truth. if you want poetry, go elsewhere.

[MarsAmbassador]

01:31 PM on 07/08/2010

Wow. And people think OUR government interferes in our lives...

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

09:25 AM on 07/08/2010

Imadinnerjacket wears stubble on his face and it's supposedly considered pious.The really religious don't cut their hair at all.
It must be tough being a bum in Iran,all the shaving and grooming to look despicable probably takes all the fun out it.

[songoftherushes]

06:11 AM on 07/08/2010

This is just a clever ruse to make sure the young guys concentrate their rebellion on 'la coiffe'.

[Steel Curtain]

08:24 PM on 07/07/2010

These folks need to get a life! I say that I am glad to be an American each time I read of such assinnities!

[Behnaz Tavakoli]

08:49 PM on 07/07/2010

As long as we do not send our troops to kill 3-5 million Iranians to promote freedom of hairstyle.

[theseusofaustralia]

06:19 AM on 07/08/2010

Oh please, most of the deaths in iraq where from sunni vs shite idiocy. your happy having them live under dictatorship

[Behnaz Tavakoli]

05:56 PM on 07/07/2010

With all problems in the world, Iranian's hair style is my least concern.

[theseusofaustralia]

06:20 AM on 07/08/2010

their freedom and human rights are of your least concern your to busy attacking america.

[angrymanspokane]

05:10 PM on 07/07/2010

Strange thing to worry about right now...

[Rambutt]

04:03 PM on 07/07/2010

Didn't everyone on this board have a Dad who would drag them into
the Barber Shop and shear them good when only one hair touched their ears?

My private high school allowed zero facial hair -- AND Bikini Waxes-(just kidding:)

[theseusofaustralia]

06:21 AM on 07/08/2010

No my dad is awesome. He didnt care about my hairstyle as long as my hair was clean

[mamababa]

12:07 PM on 07/07/2010

Thus the demonization continues - will people here never learn?

[hodz]

11:08 AM on 07/07/2010

It is a stupid rule. There is nothing in Islam about the hairstyles of men and women. It is an excuse to control and oppress people especially the unemployed educated young male and female. It may be noted that Iran has one of the highest percentage of unemployed young male and female graduates.

[Anbreen]

02:53 PM on 07/07/2010

Agreed! Idiocy~

[persianadvocate]

09:51 AM on 07/07/2010

The most misleading part about this is that Ahmadinejad et. al., in a subtle and non-public way, have actually loosened the morality apparatus AND EVEN SPOKEN OUT ABOUT IT (as Haaretz reports from a June 20 TV interview): ""We consider it an insult when a man and a woman are walking in the street and are asked about their relationship. Nobody has a right to do that." Yes, he has separated himself from the very function of the revolutionary apparatus that dictates what hair cuts are appropriate etc.

So, this is just false news and intended to emphasize an OLD Iranian mistake in domestic policy. It's not currently a huge issue as this article makes it out to be. LIke I said, they've tried to gain some ground with reformists as of late, so the morality police DO NOT REALLY bother people nearly as much as they used to. AP = All Propaganda, once again. HP, find a new news source -- this ones become a one-trick pony.

[hodz]

11:12 AM on 07/07/2010

Sorry, but the so-called mostly uneducated thugs known as the morality police do make life miserable for the people especially the young and educated.

[persianadvocate]

11:31 AM on 07/07/2010

Hodz,
Have you even stepped in Tehran or speak a word of Farsi? Just curious. I was there last month, you?

[streetmagik]

12:19 PM on 07/07/2010

And here I thought when they ransacked students dormatories and arrested all the students in secret raids that counted as "bothering people" - but what do I know, I don't speak farsi. For the record you can't critique Israel unless you speak Hebrew

[persianadvocate]

01:22 PM on 07/07/2010

למען הפרוטוקול, אני מדבר עברית.

;)

That was last June. You are acting as if events and circumstances can never change in a years' time. lol

[Whinger]

05:50 AM on 07/07/2010

"We don't make a party out of lovin', we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy, like the hippies out in San Francisco do"

[Democommon Sense]

11:58 PM on 07/06/2010

Well I can only find this acceptable if there is a ban on mullets with included harsh punishments. /snark

[usNetizen]

10:43 PM on 07/06/2010

but of course, one must be well--coiffed at stone throwing parties.