The blonde-haired, scantily-clad Barbie doll and other western toys will lead to “destructive and cultural consequences” for Iran, the country’s leading prosecutor was quoted as saying today.
In a letter to the Iranian vice-president, published in the Mardom Salari daily newsspaper, the prosecutor general, Dori Najafabadi, wrote: “The appearance of personalities such as Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and … computer games and movies are all a danger warning to the officials in the cultural arena,” Reuters reported. Click here for the full story.