The original article on this subject was a complete fabrication. The author of the story, Amir Taheri, is standing by it, but has no evidence or sources that will corroborate his story. The paper that printed the original column has issued a retraction. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the draft of the law that was being discussed, and confirmed that all it did was encourage Iranians to wear Islamic clothing. The whole story was complete disinformation.
A good overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ir...aw_controversy
And another:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0525/dailyUpdate.html
It may interest some of you to know that Amir Taheri was
invited to the White House on Tuesday to offer his 'expert' opinion on Iran.
So we're being fed inflammatory disinformation in order to get us to start a pre-emptive war in the middle east. This sounds oddly familiar...
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Originally Posted by Heinlein
A generation which ignores history has no past -- and no future.
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