 HAIR POLICE
Iranian Youth Fight to Keep the RoosterIran's religious police, the Basij, whose mission it is to make sure the people adhere to an Islamic code, have a long and proud history of harassing women for their Western-style dressing tendencies. But it's only recently that Iranian men have become the target of similar ultraconservative, style-cramping campaigns. What the Basij are mostly concerned about right now are the increasingly "jazzy" hairstyles guys are sporting. They're deadly serious about combating the worrying spread of ...
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