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04-28-2008, 07:55 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_barbie_dolls
Iran takes new shot at Barbie, calling US doll 'destructive'
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 28, 4:09 PM ET
TEHRAN, Iran - A top Iranian judiciary official warned Monday against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.
In the latest salvo in a more than decade-old government campaign against Barbie, Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi said in an official letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi that the doll and other Western toys are a "danger" that need to be stopped.
"The irregular importation of such toys, which unfortunately arrive through unofficial sources and smuggling, is destructive culturally and a social danger," said the letter, a copy of which was made available to The Associated Press.
Iran takes new shot at Barbie, calling US doll 'destructive'
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 28, 4:09 PM ET
TEHRAN, Iran - A top Iranian judiciary official warned Monday against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.
In the latest salvo in a more than decade-old government campaign against Barbie, Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi said in an official letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi that the doll and other Western toys are a "danger" that need to be stopped.
"The irregular importation of such toys, which unfortunately arrive through unofficial sources and smuggling, is destructive culturally and a social danger," said the letter, a copy of which was made available to The Associated Press.