Seeing Rouge: Iran Bans Women With Makeup From Television

It is enough to make you blush, but don’t . . . it’s against the rules. The medieval troglodyte known as the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a new directive. The state television authority has announced that it will bar any women wearing makeup from appearing on television as well as unIslamic “abnormal” music.

Ezzatollah Zarghami said the measure also includes an edict that “should be no insulting of family elders by children.” He pointed out that wearing makeup is against the law.

Of course, the idea of an anchor doing her makeup on air would cause these mullahs to crawl into a fetal position:

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