Iran is cracking down on sales of Barbie dolls, but will mass-produce model toys based on the RQ-170 Sentinel drone the country captured after it crashed within its borders.
Iran Cracks Down On Barbie, Plans Toys Of Captured U.S. Drone -- National Post/Reuters
TEHRAN — Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday.
As the West imposes the toughest ever sanctions on Iran and tensions rise over its nuclear programme, inside the country the Barbie ban is part of what the government calls a “soft war” against decadent cultural influences.
“About three weeks ago they [the morality police] came to our shop, asking us to remove all the Barbies,” said a shopkeeper in a toy shop in northern Tehran.
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My Comment: This .... among many many many reasons .... is why the Iranian regime is despised.
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