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Iran Bans (Bad) Western Haircuts, Putting Men Under Moralists' Gaze

"Business in the front; party in the back." So goes the famous descriptor of the signature retro haircut -- the mullet -- that is short at the front and sides and long in the back. But not in Iran. The country's religious leaders have recently issued a catalog of acceptable "Islamic" male haircuts, and noticeably absent are ponytails, spikes, mullets and Mohawks. More styles are set to be unveiled Sunday at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Veil and Chastity Day festival. The ban on haircuts is but the latest in a long line of efforts by the Iranian regime to counter "decadent" ...

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