27/08/2010 17:46
Iran bans pet ads and describes dogs as “unclean animals”
Iranian authorities have banned all advertisements for pets, pet food and other pet products, The Telegraph reported.
The Iranian authorities made such a decision after powerful cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi had issued the fatwa and stressed that in line with the Islamic tradition dogs are unclean animals.
The ban on pet ads and products appears to have come as to own pets became popular among Iranian people. However, Ayatollah couldn’t accept and come to terms with this love for “unclean animals.”
Ayatollah Shirazi declared in June that dog owners are “blindly imitating the West” and that their devotion to the animals would result in “evil outcomes.”