Hair cutting, beatings: Videos reveal brutal punishments at Iranian schools School officials cutting students’ hair, slapping or punching them and hurling insults… These are some of the punishments inflicted on students at schools in Iran. Now thanks to smartphones, students are able to record videos of these incidents and share them online. Our Observer, a teacher in Iran, told us that although these types of punishments have lessened in recent years, they still exist in some schools.