As I noted here, there is nothing implausible about the Iranian badge story — not because they are imitating Hitler’s Germany, but because the Iranian regime is clearly interested in implementing Islamic law in its fullness, and special clothing for dhimmis has been a recurring, if not absolutely constant, feature of that law.
And now Melanie Phillips has provided a useful summation of all the strange zigs and zags this story has taken. The Iranians are now vehemently denying that the story is true, and that may well be the case — but as Phillips shows, it seems to be very hard to get to the truth about this one.