Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > The Sharif Don't Like It: The Decline and Fall of Middle Eastern Civilization

Iran's official arbiters determine the pernicious effects of rock 'n' roll, KISS and (predictably enough) Jews

"Iranian state television takes on the scourge of Western heavy metal music, which is driving the country's youth towards Satanism and, apparently, inspiring them to get short, spiky, Eurodisco haircuts. Little do the rebellious kiddies know, the announcer grimly intones, that they are 'unknowingly making themselves look like homosexuals.'