If you have a spiky, feathered haircut, you are probably homosexual and may well be in league with the devil (Picture AFP)

If you have a spiky, feathered haircut, you are probably homosexual and may well be in league with the devil.

That’s the measured view of Iran’s religious authorities, who have clamped down on spiky haircuts, with the view that they encourage homosexuality and Satanism.

Hardliners previously banned ponytails and mullets, but young people simply moved on to floppy fringes and Eighties-style quiffs.

Mostafa Govahi, the head of Iran’s barbers’ union 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.

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‘Tattoos, solarium treatments and plucking eyebrows are also forbidden.’