Tattoos Banned From Iranian Basketball

November 10th, 2005 · No Comments

Wednesday Nov 09, 2005
Tattoos Banned From Iranian Basketball

From the Press Trust of India:

“The Iranian Basketball Federation has banned its players from having tattoos like many of their foreign counterparts, a student-run news agency reported on Wednesday.

“It has been noticed recently that some basketball players are copying foreign players and having themselves tattooed … Which is against the morals (of the Islamic republic) and unacceptable,” the federation said.

It called, in a statement carried by ISNA, for players who have “committed such an act” to take rapid measures to “make them disappear so to avoid firmer measures” against them.”

bron: INKED Blog