4. Strange Rules For Strange Animals
In Iran, they’re very opposed to any kind of dangerous sexual interaction. So, as a result, it’s completely illegal to have sex with a wild animal. But, you ask, isn’t that a perfectly normal law to have in a country? Of course! However, in Iran, it’s actually completely legal to make sweet love to a domesticated animal, though. That’s just good sense; you don’t know where a wild animal has been.
5. Headgear Is Mandatory
Yes, the Iranian government does legally enforce women to wear a hijab in public, including a rusari headscarf and manteau covering, or a full black cloak chador. It’s considered obscene for a woman to wear her hair uncovered in public (although some women in fashionable wealthier neighborhoods push take some liberties to this rule – they like to take cool selfies as much as anyone). Such offenses can make women a target for morality police, however. Even the mannequins in Iran must have their heads and curves “appropriately” covered.
6. Keep Out, Cosmo
Here’s a national rule that you might actually agree with (well, not the censorship bit – the vacuous obsession with fashion and makeup). In Iran, it’s illegal for anyone to purchase a woman’s fashion magazine like Vogue or Cosmopolitan. The authorities object to “images of women in provocative attire” and immoral content of a sexual nature. After decades of people crying about these superficial publications giving women a bad self-image, maybe it’s a good thing to see a country finally put the kibosh on these kinds of publications. Or maybe not.
