Women appearing in television programmes will not be allowed to wear make-up because it is against Islamic law, or sharia, media quoted the head of state television as saying.
“Make-up by women during television programmes is illegal and against Islamic sharia law... There should not be a single case” of a woman wearing make-up during a programme, Ezatollah Zarghami said.
Zarghami, a former member of the elite Revolutionary Guards who has been re-appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (pictured), also ordered that women guests should “preferably” be hosted by women.
He also called for cutting down on music during programmes and urged his staff to take a cue from Western action movies, which have “excellent and calm music”.
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