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Botox on the rise among Iranian men

Iran’s Ministry of Health has announced that over the past year there has been a 20% increase in rejuvenation procedures received by Iranian men.

Iranian men pose in a shop selling jeans in Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran on October 7, 2013. A campaign launched by young Iranians on internet networking sites Facebook and Twitter were mocking Israeli President Benjamin Netayahu following his comments during an interview diffused on October 5, in which he implied there is a supposed ban on wearing jeans and listening to Western music in the Islamic Republic. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE        (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian men pose in a shop selling jeans in Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran, Oct. 7, 2013. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

When Mohammad Khatami announced his candidacy for president the first time, rumors of the significance looks and clothing had to him, and the supposed time he spent in front of the mirror, were widely spread and harshly criticized by some of his opponents. These were points evidently proven right by Khatami's obvious attention to personal style, while the rumors were not denied by Khatami himself, either. In those days, however, there was no talk of Botox.

Khatami's obvious attention to personal style notwithstanding, he never bothered to deny the rumors. In those days, however, there was no talk of Botox injections. During Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency, however, people were talking about obvious Botox injections in the absence of more substantive criticism. 

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