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| Iran bans make-up for women on TV | |
| 2009-12-03 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Women appearing in television programs will not be allowed to wear make-up because it is against Islamic law, or sharia, media on Wednesday quoted the head of Iran's state television as saying. "Make-up by women during television programs is illegal and against Islamic sharia law ... There should not be a single case of a woman wearing make-up during a program," Ezatollah Zarghami was quoted as saying by the reformist Etemad newspaper.
Speaking at a conference of network directors, he also called for cutting down on music during programs and urged his staff to take a cue from Western action movies, which have "excellent and calm music." "I do not mean that we should become like them, but we should use positive points. Therefore we (should) put on the agenda the reduction and refining of music," he said. "As of today, you in the production department should launch new supervisory methods ... I do not want to tell you to filter, but you should be vigilant that nothing inappropriate happens," Zarghami said. Zarghami told directors they should also prohibit "repulsive jokes" between men and women on television or radio, Etemad and Fars news agency quoted him as saying. When he reappointed Zarghami to a second term last month, Khamenei reportedly told him it was essential to make an "outstanding representation of morality, religion, hopefulness and awareness" in state media programs. The Islamic republic's state television has eight TV channels and 15 radio stations. It has seen different periods of strict or relaxed dress and make-up codes. Women on television do not expose their hair, but have been indulging in heavy make-up in recent years. Television is under close scrutiny and observes strict guidelines to an extent that even some local movies have been censored before being aired. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 wont matter. the Iranian women are so beautiful they really dont need make up, just a new government |
| Posted by: 746 2009-12-03 17:34 |
| #5 Wasn't Kohl (Black eye shadow) invnted in Arabia? Egypt, I think, Redneck Jim. As I recall, the Egyptian look was considered terribly exotic during Imperial Roman times. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-03 17:03 |
| #4 Well, ...er..... what do you expect from a Head of an Iranian state TV with a name like Ezatollah Zarghami ?. May Allan and the Make-up manufacturetrs punish him by refusing to sell depillator cream to his wife. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2009-12-03 13:27 |
| #3 Wasn't Kohl (Black eye shadow) invnted in Arabia? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-12-03 12:06 |
| #2 Five o'clock shadows, all day long... |
| Posted by: 2Sealys 2009-12-03 09:00 |
| #1 What are the girls even doing on TV without tarps over their heads? They should be in the kitchen making pie for the menfolk. Or is pie un-Islamic because it tastes good and makes people happy? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-12-03 01:42 |