If you are ready to assert that, by now, getting a tattoo cannot expose a person to any kind of prejudice or discrimination, also considering the body art diffusion, maybe this will make you hesitate for a moment.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, “tattooed people” should “from now on take a psychological test in ordet to obtain their driving licence”.
Talking to “the state press agency IRNA” today, “a spokesperson of the police” would have described “tattoos” as “a sort of self-mutilation“, saying that “persons making that can possibly suffer from psychological disorders” (RTBF).
In Iran “tattoos” would be “considered […] a sign of the Western cultural invasion“. Something able to put “the Islamic values in danger” and, at this point, “raised to the rank of disease while their popularity grows among the young persons” (ibidem).
Sayed Ashkan Dejagah, “captain of the” Iran “national football team” has been the target of an initiative “to suspend him during three years” because of a “tattoo”.
The attempt by the “Ethics Committee of Iran’s Football Federation” has – at least for the moment – not been successful and Ashkan Dejagah – like the other football players – “must […] play with a long-sleeved vest” (ibidem).
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