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leftynyc

(26,060 posts) Thu Jan 31, 2019, 09:45 AM Jan 2019

Tehran bans dog walking in public spaces

Tehran Police Chief Hossein Rahimi said "we have received permission from the Tehran Prosecutor's Office, and will take measures against people walking dogs in public spaces, such as parks".

'Fear and anxiety'
He told the Young Journalists Club news agency that the ban was due to dogs "creating fear and anxiety" among members of the public.

As if this were not draconian enough, Brigadier-General Rahimi added that driving with a dog in your car was also banned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-47041611

I will never understand this. It's nuts.

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Tehran bans dog walking in public spaces (Original Post) leftynyc Jan 2019 OP

They want to prevent more westernization. DetlefK Jan 2019 #1

DetlefK

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1. They want to prevent more westernization.

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:09 AM

Jan 2019

Tehran is a big city and the population of Iran is young. They have western fashion, parcour, motorbike-races, underground fashion-designers, underground-concerts of all sorts...

Outlawing dogs is just a way for the old men to show that they are still in control.

This is what young Iranians would live like if they could.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/07/rich-kids-of-tehran-instagram-_n_5947578.html

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