![]() ![]() You can censor books, you can ban films, but you cannot erase a tattoo very easily Reza Arjmand While there is no specific law against tattoos and they are not strictly forbidden in Shia Islam, the authorities strongly reject them as a western phenomenon harmful to Iranian values. Tattoo artists are regularly arrested in Iran and sentenced to fines, lashes or even imprisonment. “I take the risk simply because it’s so beautiful.” His customers often ask for classic tattoo motifs – a rose, for example, or a predatory animal – but Maori-style tribal patterns are also popular. ![]() Photos of Al Pacino, Che Guevara and the Eiffel Tower adorn the walls. M ohammed’s tattoo studio is hidden in a back room behind a clothes shop in the poorer, southern part of Tehran.
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