It's illegal to walk your dog out in public in Iran? Apparently it is and a 70 year old man is paying the price...4 months in jail and 30 lashes.
A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog, Adnkronos.com reported Tuesday. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran.
Owners of domestic animals are forbidden from taking them on the streets of the city because Islam considers dogs to be impure. An Islamic judge later charged the man for "disturbing the public order,” Adnkronos.com reported.
Despite repeated warnings by the police, dog owners continue to defy authorities by taking their dogs outside their homes. Typical punishment for people caught with dogs outside is a fine or the "detention" of their animals in a pound, Adnkronos.com reported.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Walk your dog & get 30 Lashes
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Not true.
http://www.diversetraveller.com/Images/Articles/47/iran_girl.jpg
What does that picture prove? All it proves is that at some time three girls went walking with a dog. Can't even say for sure if it's in Iran. Let's say it is Iran, they've could've been arrested after the fact. The man in the story took his dog for a walk as well. But he still was sentenced to 4 months of jail and 30 lashes. The picture does not disprove anything.
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