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Ayatollah Khamenei Tells Iranians to Forswear Music

(Aug. 3) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday added an odd foe to the enemies list of the Islamic republic: music. "Although music is halal [permissible under Islam], promoting and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic," Khamenei said....

Iran Takes the Scissors to Western Hairstyles

(July 6) -- Worried that Western ideas might be seeping into -- and onto -- the heads of their nation's young men, Iran's religious leaders have issued a catalog of acceptable "Islamic" male haircuts. Ponytails, spikes, mullets and Mohawks are now forbidden, but Elvis-style locks, floppy fringes and Simon Cowell-esque...

444 Days: The Iranian Hostage Crisis Remembered

Thirty years ago today, hundreds of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iran, took 66 Americans hostage, and set off an international incident whose consequences still affect us today. In its November edition, GQ magazine presents an exhaustive oral history of the hostage crisis, gathered by 10 reporters from...