The article I posted about the Iranian law intended to make
religious minorities wear distinctive coloured badges may
be a fiction cooked up by a public relations firm to condition
people for an invasion of Iran.

E.g. Ynet News says the report is false:

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Iran: Yellow badge report false

Iranian lawmakers hurried to disavow a report that the Muslim country
would enforce a dress code requiring Jews to where a yellow armband;
Iranian Jewish MP: The report damaged Jewish image in Iran.

Iranian officials adamantly denied on Saturday reports claiming that
the Muslim state was passing a law that would require minority members
to identify themselves with various colored armbands u and,
reminiscent of the Holocaust, Jews would be forced to wear yellow
badges.

[...]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252934,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------

The report possibly originated from Amir Taheri, of Benador Associates: http://www.benadorassociates.com/

Benador Associates is a public relations firm based in New York and
Washington, specialized in the areas of media applied to politics,
conflict resolution, the dialogue of civilisations, foreign policy,
national security, anti-terrorism, defense of human rights and freedom
of religion, among others.

We are also the only public relations firm in the United States that
doubles as international speakers' bureau for the experts we
represent. We have close contacts with the media, printed, audio and audiovisual, on a national and international level. Our activities
expand worldwide.

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IRAN OKS 'NAZI' SOCIAL FABRIC
YELLOW LABEL FOR JEWS AS CHILLING DRESS CODE ECHOES THE HOLOCAUST
by Amir Taheri
Benador Associates

May 20, 2006

This article was published today in the New York Post.

FASHION VICTIMS: The dress code would ban Western fashions popular
among young Iranian women, already forced to cover their hair.

May 20, 2006 -- WHILE Iran's economy appears to be heading for
recession, one sector may have some reason for optimism. That sector
is the garment industry and the reason for its optimism is a law
passed by the Islamic Majlis (parliament) on Monday.

[...]

It also envisages separate dress codes for religious minorities,
Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians, who will have to adopt distinct
color schemes to make them identifiable in public. The new codes would
enable Muslims to instantly recognize non-Muslims so that they can
avoid shaking hands with them by mistake, and thus becoming najis"
(unclean).

[...]

http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/19506

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Cheers, Steve..

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