Satire is Dead Dept. Iran Joins UN Women?s Rights Committee

Satire is Dead Dept. Iran Joins UN Women?s Rights Committee

Alan Johnson: Iran Joins UN Women’s Right Committee

I kid you not. See the report at the excellent Harry?s Place blog. And what might the representative raise at the UN Commission on the Status of Women? Well, the evil of women gettng a suntan, perhaps. Brigadier Hossien Sajedinia, Tehran?s police chief said recently, ?In some areas of north Tehran we can see many suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins. We are not going to tolerate this situation and will first warn those found in this manner and then arrest and imprison them.?


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