Ponytail for men gets the chop in Iran: Legal hair styles in Iran

AFP, ILNA state-run News Agency

Photo reads : Journal of Hair styles accredited by The Vice Minsitry

Iran's culture ministry has given its blessing to a number of 'Islamic' haircuts for men, with ponytails failing to make the list, the ILNA news agency reported on Monday.
ILNA and other agencies carried pictures of mostly clean-shaven male models sporting short hair, some styled with gel, in a 'journal of Iranian hairstyles approved by the ministry of (culture and Islamic) guidance’.
‘The proposed styles are inspired by Iranians' complexion, culture and religion, and Islamic law,' said Jaleh Khodayar, who is in charge of a 'Modesty and Veil Festival' later this month where they are to be promoted.
‘We are happy that the Islamic republic of Iran's government has backed us in designing these hairstyles,' she said, adding that a catalogue of haircuts for men would soon be published.
Iranian police carry out regular morality crackdowns, arresting and warning women in figure-hugging short coats and flimsy headscarves as well as men sporting spiky hair and tight, low-slung jeans.
The Islamic veil is mandatory in Iran, which has sought to keep defiant urban youths properly covered since the establishment of the Islamic republic over 30 years ago.
Several barber shops have reportedly been shut down and penalized in recent years for offering 'decadent Western cuts’.Conservative clerics have called for firmer action against un-Islamic dressers and hardline President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad came under fire last month for expressing OPPOSITION to a tough police crackdown on immodest attire

در ايران آرايش موي دم اسبي براي مردان بريده مي شود
در روز دوشنبه خبرگزاري ايلنا گزارش كرد كه وزير فرهنگ ايران چندين نمونه موي اسلامي مردان را تاييد كرد, اما موي دم اسبي در اين ليست وارد نشد.…
پليس ايران به طور عادي سركوب اخلاقي انجام مي دهد. آنها زناني كه لباس تنگ و كوتاه پوشيده باشند, همچنين روسري شل بر سر داشته باشند و يا مرداني كه موي ميخ مانند و شلوارها جين زنجير دار و تنگ بر تن داشته باشند را بازداشت مي كنند و يا به آنها تذكر مي دهند.
در ايران حجاب اسلامي اجباري است. و هدف آن, پوشش مناسب براي جوانان شهري كه بر آنها بدگماني وجود دارد مي باشد. 30 سال پيش با تاسيس جمهوري اسلامي حجاب در ايران اجباري شد.
در سالهاي اخير گزارش شده است كه چندين سلماني به خاطر ارائه مدل ”موي منحط غربي” بسته و جريمه شده اند.
روحانيون محافظه كار خواهان اقدامات قاطعتر برعليه حجاب غير اسلامي مي باشند, و رئيس جمهور تند رو محمود احمدي نژاد در ماه گذشته به خاطر ابراز مخالفت با سركوب شديد پليس بر روي آرايش بي شرمانه, مورد حمله قرار گرفت. (خبرگزاري فرانسه, ايلنا - 14/4/89)