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Jun182011

Iran Men's Fashion Video Special: "Are These Shorts Getting You in the Mahmoud?"

Noted American political commentator Stephen Colbert takes a stand against Iran's new order for the "morality police", cracking down on inappropriate fashion such as shorts and men's necklaces. He even has a fashion suggestion for the Supreme Leader: "The Ayatollah might be a lot less angry if he got some air down there."

Once you have decided whose legs are better --- Colbert's or Khameini's? --- then Arshama3's Blog works with an EA feature from July 2010 to give you the wider context: proper politics comes not only from proper clothing but from proper haircuts:

In other words, despite Stephen Colbert's dedicated journalism, don't expect this in Tehran in the near future:

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