Iran enforces ban on necklaces, glamorous hairstyles on men!

The fashion police are out in force in Iran.

Thousands of special forces have been deployed in Tehran's streets, participating in the regime's "moral security plan" in which loose-fitting headscarves, tight overcoats and shortened pants that expose skin will not be tolerated for women, while men are warned against glamorous hairstyles and wearing a necklace.

The new plan comes shortly after the Iranian parliament proposed a bill to criminalize dog ownership, on the grounds that it "poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the west."

The Irna state news agency said the trend was aimed at combating "the western cultural invasion" with help from more than 70,000 trained forces, known as "moral police", who are sent out to the streets in the capital and other cities.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/14/necklace-ban-men-tehran-police

The ponytail and the mullet are particularly offensive, the paper notes.

 

they're special alright

enforcing dress policies and shit..bunch of pussies

 

No pearl necklaces?

 

Iran follows their own strict version of Sharia law, an unwritten code supposedly taken from the Quran, the Islamic holy book, as interpreted by Imams and (supposedly) religious scholars... Various versions and degrees of severity can be seen in many countries practicing Islam. Iran is but one extreme... The Taliban have another and the factions fighting for control in Somalia, yet another, Malaysia still another.

In the world outside those Islamic confines, most people deem the practices harsh and barbaric. Public hangings, beheadings, stoning, lashes, and other forms of punishment are common even in Saudi Arabia...

I've seen it up close and it ain't purdy, but Western opinion has little if any sway and only the most blatant examples of apparent unfairness make the headlines...