Police Crackdown on Cupid Angers Shoppers
From Times Wire Reports
Iranian police ordered shops to remove heart-and-flower decorations and have confiscated other symbols of what religious authorities consider a decadent Western event: Valentine’s Day.
The crackdown, apparently the first such since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, drew scorn from shoppers. “It’s only rigidity and cultural backwardness,” said Fariba Sabet as she bought a card with a red heart.
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