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Authority Iran sees Barbie as an influence "destructive"



Imports of Barbie dolls and other Western toys produce destructive cultural and social consequences for Iran, said on Monday the chief prosecutor of the Islamic republic, according to a local newspaper.
The conservative clerical rule in Iran often up barriers against what it perceives as the dangers of culture and consumerism in the U.S., which it describes as "Occitoxicación."
But young Iranians often consume music, movies and other goods from the West. Products of the best-known toy brands can be bought in children's shops in the capital Tehran and elsewhere in the country.
"Figures such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and ... computer games and films are a danger signal to the authorities of the cultural area," said Attorney General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi in a letter to Vice President Parviz Davoudi published Monday in the newspaper Mardom Salari.
Najafabadi, a leading cleric, said Iran was the third biggest importer of toys and suggested that this represents a threat to the "personality and identity" of the new generations.
"The unrestrained entry of this sort of imported toys ... will bring destructive cultural and social consequences," he said.
He added many toys entering Iran of smuggling and accused importers of concentrating on profits at the expense of cultural values.
Iran and the United States broke off diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic revolution, the fall of the Washington-backed government.

Source: http://noticias.latam.msn.com/mundo/articulo.aspx?cp-documentid=7030773