As the US tries to crack down on Iran,
Iran is doing some cracking down of its own—on that oh-so-American
symbol, the Barbie doll. The country's morality police have begun
enforcing a Barbie ban issued in 1996. (Authorities blasted the doll's
"destructive cultural and social consequences" at the time.) Reuters
reports that the doll had been stocked on Tehran shops' shelves all the
same, until about three weeks ago, when the morality police "came to
our shop, asking us to remove all the Barbies," says one shop owner.
Of
course, some Barbies are being tucked behind other toys, rather than
removed all together, to keep up with demand. If seems that Sara and
Dara, two government-OKed dolls released in 2002, haven't grabbed the
hearts and minds of Iranian children. One mother says her daughter
"prefers Barbies. She says Sara and Dara are ugly and fat." (Barbie,
clearly, to the rescue.) But what should obedient parents buy for their
kiddies instead? How about a toy soon to hit shelves: a mini RQ-170
Sentinel stealth drone ... a replica of the one that went down in Iran last month. The AP notes that the manufacturer plans to send the US one of the models, in response to Washington's demand that the drone be returned. Iranian kids can get theirs for about $4.
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