[FOXNEWS] The latest religious edict from Iran's supreme leader takes aim at the Islamic Theocratic Republic's lonely hearts.
Online chatting between men and women on social networks is forbidden under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's latest fatwa, delivered ironically enough on his website in answer to a question sent by email. The top mullah's reasoning is that such contact could eventually lead to activities prohibited by Islam.
"Given the immorality that often applies to this, it is not permitted," Khamenei wrote.
They were just complaining about their falling birthrate. You can't have a rising birthrate without hankypankying.
Khamenei often delivers fatwas on his website, but the latest one could further expose the spiritual and generational rift between the nation's web-savvy youth and the hardline religious leaders. Iranians contacted by FoxNews.com, who all declined to be identified by their full names, said the declaration is the latest effort to stop people from talking and sharing.