hairstyles have been banned in Iran,
alongside tattoos, sunbed treatments and
plucked eyebrows for men, which are all
deemed un-Islamic.
The move – aimed at spiky cuts – follows a
trend where, each summer, Iranian
authorities get tough on men and women
sporting clothing or hairdos seen as
imitations of western lifestyles.
Mostafa Govahi, the head of Iran’s barbers’
union, told the semi-official Isna news agency
on Monday that fancifully spiked hairstyles
were banned and those who styled them
risked having their shops closed.
He said: “Devil-worshipping hairstyles are
forbidden. Any shop that cuts hair in the
devil worshipping style will be harshly dealt
with and their licence revoked. Tattoos,
solarium treatments and plucking eyebrows
[for men] are also forbidden.”
Govahi said shops who imitate such “western
hairstyles” or violate “the Islamic
establishment’s regulations” would be shut
down if they failed to take an initial warning
seriously. “Usually the barber shops who do
this do not have a licence. They have been
identified and will be dealt with,” he said.
In a separate interview broadcast by the
exiled Iranian opposition television channel,
Manoto, Govahi said barbers across Iran had
been given a list of appropriate hairstyles for
men. He said hairstyles adopted by
homosexuals were also banned but did not
provide further details on what sort of
haircut that would be.
“Haircuts that show symbols or signs of devil
worshippers or those adopted by homosexuals
are banned,” he said. “I won’t allow such
wrongful western styles as long as I’m in this
position.” He said the policy was in line with
the cultural norms outlined by Iran’s supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Recently, a group of hardliners in the city of
Qazvin wrote to the authorities asking them
to ban full-body waxing for women in beauty
salons. Women receiving hair removal
treatments to their private parts was of
particular concern.
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Hia! They should just ask all the men to carry gorimapa now... Abi what to you think?
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