Iran promotes 'Islamic' haircuts (NO MULLETS!)

[Darth Sushi]

Iran promotes 'Islamic' haircuts
By Saeed Ahmed and Mitra Mobasherat, CNN
July 8, 2010 1:28 a.m. EDT

A woman in Tehran on Monday stands next to a board with pictures of men's hairstyles authorized by Iran.

(CNN) -- Iran has laid down the law: mullets won't make the cut.

The Islamic regime, which strictly enforces head coverings for women, issued grooming guidelines for the guys this week.

Among the do's that are now don'ts? The '80's Prince-style pompadour preferred by many young Iranian men, the Steven Seagal-style ponytail and the "business in the front, party in the back" sentiment of the mullet -- also popular among the Persian populace.

The approved styles have a distinctly 1950s look to them: short on the front and sides for the most part. But the gel-slathered, combed-back 1980s look also received the government's blessing.

The "Islamic" haircuts were unveiled at the Hijab and Chastity Festival, a fashion event designed to show how the country's youth can be stylish yet not run afoul of the fashion police.

"Hair styles have been designed based on the shape of the neck, beard, the size of the chin and provincial cultures," said Jaleh Khodayar, the secretary of the festival. Her comments were reported by the semiofficial Mehr news agency.

"In designing these hair styles, we have not tried to go backward. On the contrary, we have tried to make our designs a mixture of our traditions and Iranian culture, as well as the latest fashions and by doing so confront the cultural assault by the West (on our country)."

Majid, a 32-year-old Tehran resident who did not want to give out his last name, shrugged his head in amusement.

"I don't think these young men will stop wearing these hairstyles, even though in my opinion they are actually pretty strange," he said.

He prefers his own hair on the short side.

To the outside world, the crackdown on cuts may represent further restrictions by an already restrictive regime.

But in one way, they are a loosening of guidelines: None of the photographs of acceptable grooming styles feature models with full-grown beards -- a look, a la President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that Iran had encouraged for years.

Source: http://us.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/0...ex.html?hpt=C1

[Mr. Mulder]

those are some sweet looking even stevens!1

[Darth Sushi]

Come on... I know there are some Billy Ray Cyrus fans that are upset!

[darkstate01]

Can you image if this was passed in congress in the u.s
There would be rioting in the streets.
Iran is ass backwards, Its rules and religious nonsense is doing everything in its power to hold the progression of the country back.
Its annoying as a westerner to watch this shit still going on in the 21st century.
If you get a chance to watch a docu called neda , that will open your eyes to what Iran thinks of its own people, Its a very scary brutish film/docu for sure.

[Barbarossa]

^ and that was a party political broadcast by the "Cultural Tolerance Party"

[Quarterquack]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUXGgyGQa54&feature=related[/youtube]

[X-Files]

Can you image if this was passed in congress in the u.s
There would be rioting in the streets.
Iran is ass backwards, Its rules and religious nonsense is doing everything in its power to hold the progression of the country back.
Its annoying as a westerner to watch this shit still going on in the 21st century.
If you get a chance to watch a docu called neda , that will open your eyes to what Iran thinks of its own people, Its a very scary brutish film/docu for sure.

and wtf should u.s should care about iran? iran have their culture, and that gonna stay. care your own country problem then fuck other country's rules and religious

[Cabalo]

Can you image if this was passed in congress in the u.s
There would be rioting in the streets.
Iran is ass backwards, Its rules and religious nonsense is doing everything in its power to hold the progression of the country back.
Its annoying as a westerner to watch this shit still going on in the 21st century.
If you get a chance to watch a docu called neda , that will open your eyes to what Iran thinks of its own people, Its a very scary brutish film/docu for sure.

and wtf should u.s should care about iran? iran have their culture, and that gonna stay. care your own country problem then fuck other country's rules and religious

Then we can all get attacked/nuked by those countries because we didn't give a fuck.

[darkstate01]

I was just seeing what another country (usa) would be like with a forcing ban on haircuts, Its a hilarious caveman thought that a country living in the 21st century can even put up a poster like that with a straight face.

Iran sadly enough hasn't got a culture as someone above pointed out, Its 100% controlled by the state, If a woman or man steps out of line they put into a full body sized material bag, then for the man he's put into a hole to his knees then stoned, he has a slim chance of escaping that and if he does he's free, Whereas the lady has her hands tied and placed in the hole to her chest. So her cultural life is brutally over.Heres a link from 3 hours ago in Iran of a woman who is going to be stoned for allegedly being a adulterer
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100708/...a-686f718.html
And as Cabalo said, IF the muslims get there way they will be coming to a country near you very soon, and if they get there hands on a nuke, countries won't matter as this planet will be scorched earth.
Irans president has a mission in life that he thinks is real, he thinks he's going to bring about the rebirth of the 12th imam and reign the planet for 7 yrs then death to any none believers. Good luck america ?

[Snee]

So if you wanna be all like 'fuck the establishmet, I'm a rebel!1', in Iran, you get yourself a mullet.

Sweet.