Peugeot 504 Presiden Iran Bernilai Rm 7.5 Juta

Sebuah kereta Peugeot 504 keluaran tahun 1977 milik Presiden Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dijual pada harga AS$2.5 juta (RM7.5 juta) dalam satu lelongan antarabangsa kelmarin, kata laman web Pertubuhan Kebajikan Iran.

Sebuah syarikat yang membeli kereta itu tidak mahu identitinya didedahkan, kata kenyataan pertubuhan berkenaan selepas lelongan tersebut berlangsung di bandar Abadan, barat daya Iran.

"Klien saya membeli kereta itu kerana meminati Mahmoud yang mengamalkan pendirian yang bencikan keangkuhan dan fahaman Zionisme," kata seorang peguam Mahmoud Esari.

Beliau mewakili syarikat berkenaan untuk membeli kereta itu dalam satu majlis lelongan di Abadan kelmarin.

Pengerusi Pertubuhan Kebajikan Iran, Ahmad Esfandyari memberitahu, lebih sejuta pembida mendaftar di laman web bidaan tersebut.

Katanya, terdapat juga bidaan-bidaan yang datang dari Eropah, Asia dan Amerika Syarikat.

Pada 1 Januari lalu, Mahmoud melancarkan laman web www.ahmadinejad-car.com untuk mengundang bidaan antarabangsa untuk kereta itu.

Hasil jualan kereta tersebut akan digunakan bagi membiayai pembinaan 6,000 kediaman untuk wanita miskin dan golongan tidak berkemampuan. - Kosmo

p/s: bg aku, tujuan utama menjual kereta ni adalah sangat-sangat murni walaupun semua sedia maklum dengan nilai sebenar kereta tersebut. Tetapi atas nama presiden Iran yang sangat dikagumi rakyatnya, kereta tersebut dijual dengan nilai yang sangat tinggi. Semoga rakyat Iran terus sejahtera.

"Tight Jeans" and Tattoos : Bans at Some Universities

TEHRAN, January 11 : Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday, according the Reuters report.

The semi-official Fars news agency published a list of universities around Iran that were given a note outlining the code but did not say on what basis they were selected.

The new rules ban women from "wearing caps or hats without scarves, tight and short jeans, and body piercing", except earrings, Fars said.

It said tattoos, long nails, tooth gems, tight overcoats, and bright clothes were also banned.

Iran has been waging a country-wide campaign against Western cultural influences. Under Islamic law imposed after the 1979 revolution, women have to cover their hair in public and wear long, loose-fitting clothes.

The new code also bans male students from dying their hair, plucking eyebrows, wearing tight clothes, shirts with "very short sleeves" and jewellery, Fars said.

The authorities usually intensify efforts ahead of hot summer months when women tend to wear lighter clothes and brightly coloured scarves, often pushed back to expose hair.

In recent years crackdowns have extended into winter fashion as well including a push against women's trousers seen as too tight, as well as men with spiky "Western-style" hairstyles.

Hardliners have pressed for tighter controls on "immoral behaviour" since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office in 2005 promising a return to the values of the revolution.

Young women, particularly in wealthier urban areas, often challenge limitations by wearing tight clothes and colourful headscarves that barely cover their hair. The rules remain less challenged in poor suburbs and rural regions. - Daily Mail