Another day another crackdown! This time the Iranian police are exercising a ‘winter raid against the boot’. Young trendy Iranians are being targeted for strutting around town in boots worn over their trousers and warm wooly hats instead of their compulsory hejab. How crazy is that?? Here in ’sunny’ Sheffield I probably see about a thousand girls a day wearing boots over their trousers – whether those be the delightful UGG or (my preferred choice) mid-calf, cheap, plastic, slouchy Mum boots. You wouldn’t believe how warm mine keep me on my chilly 6am starts. Prohibiting their ‘usage’ is quite frankly insane. Inside Iran has some interesting pictures up of these arrests and includes comments from the police chief about public approval of their actions – hmmmmm.

In other news, after a thirty year wait pop is returning to Iran. That’s right, Iranians have waited nearly thirty years to see a western pop star – and who do we send em? Chris flaming de Burgh (you know – the Lady in Red man)!! How embarrassing. So the news has it that after being sanctioned by the culture ministry he’s gearing up to duet with Iran’s very own Arian (you know – Iran’s first post-revolutionary pop band??).

De Burgh fans hope that a concert in Iran will mark a cultural breakthrough akin to Wham’s 1985 performance in China, or be as symbolic of cultural change as was David Hasselhoff’s performace atop the breached Berlin Wall on German reunification.

But Lex Rigby reckons it’ll be about as symbolic as East 17’s failed reunion (you know – that really crap ex-boyband full of scallys that attempted a reunion akin to Take That but failed miserably because Brian Harvy just doesn’t get it).

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