May 8, 2006
Julie Farby, All Headline News

Tehran, Iran (AHN)—Iran's hardline Islamic regime has had enough of football players who sport long hair and plucked eyebrows.

The head of Iran’s Physical Education Organization, Mohammad Ali-Abadi, tells the Etemad-Melli newspaper, "I will ban athletes with an effeminate look."

Ali-Abadi goes on to say, "It is really disgraceful for Iran that young people step onto fields wearing make-up," adding that, "When a man enters the field with dyed hair and groomed eyebrows he is disrespecting society."

The paper also says Ali-Abadi appeared to be particularly worried about footballers, and warned that "even though they get away with it now, they will be disqualified in future."