Kevin Sullivan thinks Max Fisher's take on Iran's new hairstyle rules is misleading. This is correct:
I don't know that this idea - that Iran is a Pyongyang-style policestate - meshes with the accounts of most respected Iran scholars oranalysts who have spent significant amounts of time in the country.Private life is an incredibly precious thing there, something even thisdreadful regime must handle (and regulate) with care. There's a sort ofunspoken agreement that the regime can put the...
Published on July 08, 2010 12:52