If you talked with actual Iranians or people who've been in Iran, they would corroborate what I said. The IRGC truly aims to control every aspect of people's lives - it's less pronounced in places like Tehran, but it's definitely there.
Hell, if you read Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, you would find plenty of similar examples. The haircuts are just the cherry on top of that authoritarian cake.
Also, the west is not just the US. Trump failed to find anyone willing to join him in his military adventures.
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The haircuts were an official announcement from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance:
https://www.bbc.com/news/10527088
And it didn't stop here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-32587418
A few of my friends went there and I talked with a few Iranians whose families moved out. Yeah, the people are welcoming and you can have an amazing experience there, but it's still a theocratic regime. All the things you did happened because those who want to control everyone simply can't be everywhere at all times.
You don't see people in the west getting the death penalty for their political activity like you do in Iran.
My country also tried to interfere with people's private lives decades ago, but fortunately that system collapsed.
You can't make the argument that the common person enjoys the same freedom in Iran as they do in the west.
> there are seven official allowed haircuts for men > The haircuts were an official announcement from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
(you just moved the goalposts from "officially allowed" to "an official announcement")
In your link to a BBC article from SIXTEEN YEARS ago, the closest it comes to saying "officially allowed" or "official announcement" is...
"published a guide".
There is no "officially allowed" list of seven haircuts in Iran.
It literally does not exist, and yet you are now trippling down on your disinformation.
join the club, pal