Iranske myndigheter har arrestert et antall jenter for å gå kledt i det som ble kalt «sataniske klær». Om prestene har hørt om death metal eller om det kun er farven svart som provoserer, skal være usagt. Men et regime som stempler mote som satanisk har neppe særlig tak på ungdommen.

Mahmoud Rahmani, head of police in the northern city of Qaemshahr, where the arrests took place, denounced Iranians who wore western-style clothes and haircuts.

«Police confronted rascals and thugs who appeared in public wearing satanic fashions and unsuitable clothing,» he said.

He added that five local barber shops were closed and twenty more warned for «promoting western hairstyles». These are believed to include spiky haircuts.

Periodic crackdowns on western styles have been a feature of Iran since the Islamic revolution brought the ayatollahs to power in 1979.

Western businessmen used to regularly face having their ties clipped by zealous revolutionary guards as neckties were viewed as decadent.

Iran arrests 49 for wearing ‘satanic’ clothing