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Dog lovers face backlash as Iran challenges pet

เผยแพร่:   โดย: MGR Online

Tehran, IRAN: Iranian Andia poses for a picture with her Terrier dog Tommy in her house in Tehran on May 28, 2013. For decades, pet dogs were rare and thus tolerated in Iran, where the Islamic beliefs cherished by the vast majority of traditional Iranians consider dogs as najis, or unclean but in recent years the soaring number of pet dogs -- owned by the middle class scattered across Iran with a keen interest on imitating Western culture -- has alarmed the authorities who have now criminalised walking dogs in public, or driving them around the city. The police warning meanwhile seems to have effectively scared off dog lovers, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz Mehri
Iran is again cracking down on people with pet dogs, viewed as unclean in Islam, but Soroush Mobaraki says sales are booming despite fears the pooches might be "arrested" and their owners fined.
Tehran, IRAN: Iranian mechanic engineer Azar poses for a picture with her Terrier dog Pony in her bedroom in Tehran on May 28, 2013. For decades, pet dogs were rare and thus tolerated in Iran, where the Islamic beliefs cherished by the vast majority of traditional Iranians consider dogs as najis, or unclean but in recent years the soaring number of pet dogs -- owned by the middle class scattered across Iran with a keen interest on imitating Western culture -- has alarmed the authorities who have now criminalised walking dogs in public, or driving them around the city. The police warning meanwhile seems to have effectively scared off dog lovers, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz Mehri
Tehran, IRAN: Iranian Golnaz poses for a picture with her pomeranian dog Tiffany on the roof garden of her family building in Tehran on May 21, 2013. For decades, pet dogs were rare and thus tolerated in Iran, where the Islamic beliefs cherished by the vast majority of traditional Iranians consider dogs as najis, or unclean but in recent years the soaring number of pet dogs -- owned by the middle class scattered across Iran with a keen interest on imitating Western culture -- has alarmed the authorities who have now criminalised walking dogs in public, or driving them around the city. The police warning meanwhile seems to have effectively scared off dog lovers, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz Mehri
Tehran, IRAN: Iranian Golnaz poses for a picture with her pomeranian dog Tiffany on the roof garden of her family building in Tehran on May 21, 2013. For decades, pet dogs were rare and thus tolerated in Iran, where the Islamic beliefs cherished by the vast majority of traditional Iranians consider dogs as najis, or unclean but in recent years the soaring number of pet dogs -- owned by the middle class scattered across Iran with a keen interest on imitating Western culture -- has alarmed the authorities who have now criminalised walking dogs in public, or driving them around the city. The police warning meanwhile seems to have effectively scared off dog lovers, forcing some to walk their dogs in secluded areas and ask for home calls by vets. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz Mehri
Dog lovers face backlash as Iran challenges pet
Dog lovers face backlash as Iran challenges pet
Dog lovers face backlash as Iran challenges pet
Dog lovers face backlash as Iran challenges pet
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