Two puritanical regimes: coincidence or not?

I learned a little about life under Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan regime in school history lessons and from historical novels.

Much more recently, I learned something about life in Iran after the 1979 revolution. The monarchy was replaced with an Islamic republic and the country controlled by a fundamentalist clerical regime.

HTwo timelines

King Charles I, called by his opponents a tyrant, was executed in January 1649 and the resolution to abolish the monarchy was passed on February 7th.

The Shah of Iran, known to his oppressed subjects as a tyrant, fled his country into exile in January 1979; the new leader Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile on February 1st.

I have noticed some similarities in the rules and restrictions that were imposed on the people after the regime changes. Here are a few examples:

HDress codes were enforced

Cromwell believed that women and girls should dress in a proper manner. Make-up was banned. Puritan leaders and soldiers would roam the streets of towns and scrub off any make-up found on unsuspecting women. Too colourful dresses were banned. A Puritan lady wore a long black dress that covered her almost from neck to toes. She wore a white apron and her hair was bunched up behind a white head-dress. Puritan men wore black clothes and short hair.

In Iran, an Islamic dress code was imposed. Women's hair must be covered and dress must be modest. Women who wore make-up in public risked at best having their faces scrubbed clean and at worst being treated as criminals and punished. Many women wore long black robes over their clothes, robes that concealed everything except their face and hands. Ties for men were declared to be un-Islamic and beards Islamic.