Men in Iran wanting to get a spiky haircut, a tattoo or a good ol’ eyebrow plucking from barbers are out of luck. Officials have banned such styles, describing them as “devil-worshipping” and “homosexual.”

“Devil-worshipping hairstyles are forbidden,” Iranian barbershop union head Mostafa Govahi told the semiofficial Iranian Students’ News Agency, according to Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Any shop that cuts hair in the devil worshipping style will be harshly dealt with and their licence revoked.” MORE