(AP) — Cupid beware: Iran says it's cracking down on the symbols of Valentine's Day. The annual homage to romance on Feb. 14 has become popular in recent years in Iran and other places in the Middle East. But Iran's semiofficial ILNA news agency reports Sunday that a state directive now bans any cards, gifts, teddy bears or other tokens of the day — which tradition says is named after an early Christian martyr. The backlash in the Islamic Republic is part of a drive against the spread of Western culture.
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Sepaas - Priceless ... Priceless - Sepaas
by Shazde Asdola Mirza on Fri Jan 07, 2011 02:14 PM PSTBad Stories for Bad Kids
Dear divaneh
by KingReza on Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:24 PM PSTWhat kind of 5 are you talking about? The 5 I'm talking about is an upside down heart.
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by Red Wine on Mon Jan 03, 2011 09:32 AM PSTThis is a good idea for next toon of mine :=) .
Indeed, worshipping dead ARABS
by Cost-of-Progress on Mon Jan 03, 2011 07:55 AM PSThas been the thing Iranians have done best for the last 14 centuries. Why celebrate life and love when you can go out on the street and bleed for the very arabs that killed, raped and otherwise devastated your ancesteors and your nation?
Is moHHaram over yet?
vaaghean ke reedin baa in deenetoon...hame deen daran maa ham deen darim..
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IRAN FIRST
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Killing the Soul of a Nation
by masoudA on Mon Jan 03, 2011 07:50 AM PSTWhen Nicolae Ceausescu was sentenced to death in a Romanian military court, he was told his biggest crime was: Killing the Soul of a Nation.
King Reza - just loved your idea.
بازار سياه
G. RahmanianMon Jan 03, 2011 03:04 AM PST
You know how these mullahs' sons and daughters smuggle drugs and liquor to sell in the black market. It's the same idea. Put a ban on something and then sell it in the "back" of the stores for several times its regular price. Smart marketing strategy, isn't it?
dead worshipping?
by fussygorilla on Mon Jan 03, 2011 02:12 AM PSTWould you prefer a religion where the dead rose up and up and up and you are waiting for his return? Betcha!
What happened to the "hossein" thread here?
by afyoun on Mon Jan 03, 2011 03:24 AM PSTThey are censoring you right in the cradle of "freedom of speech".
Meanwhile they use this very website and the "freedom of speech" in
order to publish their backward and inhuman thoughts and nobody here
ever tags them as an abusive. You know why? Because "we are a
compassionate nation" towards our enemies!! We would like to teach them "what love and kindness is" and punish them with Persian wine and poems. We even censor ourselves to not to slightly insult
their rotten believes! And you know what? each time in power, they hit
us harder than the previous.
no surprise
by azadi5 on Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:13 PM PSTyou can't expect much more from a dead worshiping religion.
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by yolanda on Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:04 PM PSTIRI bans alcohol, dancing, and being affectionate in public......but people still find ways to drink, dance, and express themselves........I know people over there are under theocracy......but they still have feelings and desires.....I predict that they will go underground and mark Valentine's Day secretly.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YT6eCZPT6o
Yahoo news says people over there suggested replacing Valentine's Day with Mehregan:
//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110102/wl_mideast_afp/lifestylevalentineiranban
Thanks for correction Arthimis Jaan
by divaneh on Sun Jan 02, 2011 06:40 PM PSTWhat was I thinking! Sorry I've just been reading too much Faramarz.
party poopers!
by MM on Sun Jan 02, 2011 06:27 PM PST.
Dear Divaneh, I understand
by Arthimis on Sun Jan 02, 2011 06:16 PM PSTDear Divaneh,
I understand your polite concern regarding this and as for solution you can simply turn that "arse" upside down and enjoy sending it as a heart to your sweetheart! lol :D
Dear Arthimis and KingReza
by divaneh on Sun Jan 02, 2011 06:10 PM PSTYou guys may think it's an excellent idea, but I still think it's a little rude to send the picture of an arse for your love.
Excellent Idea KingReza!
by Arthimis on Sun Jan 02, 2011 06:03 PM PSTExcellent Idea KingReza! No.5 in Persian and in Red colour is the way to go!! :-) Pretty soon they have to ban everything, Green, Red and now Valentine's!! Because whatever that is real and beautiful is exactly what they are not!
Free Iran and Iranians.
Dear Etaahdieh Senf
by Arthimis on Sun Jan 02, 2011 05:53 PM PSTDear Etaahdieh Senf Chaap-Khaaneh Daaraan ( Beh Chaap Beh Chaapeh) Tehran,
It seems your letter was printed back in the year 1325 and on your Grand Opening's day!, so we are afraid to tell you it is old and not readable! Please email to us or facebook your message after the Valentines!
Happy Valentines to you and Emam Houssein and hazrat abbas in advance...
2011!!! Can you believe this shiat???
Ok what about
by KingReza on Sun Jan 02, 2011 05:39 PM PSTSo anything with a heart or half heart is banned. What's the verdict on number 5 printed in Farsi, in red ?;)
So What are the Anti War Crowd Complaining about ? ;0)
by Darius Kadivar on Sun Jan 02, 2011 04:12 PM PSTLet's Make War NOT Love !
Dr. Strangelove - Ending
Poor print quality on top of
by benross on Sun Jan 02, 2011 03:41 PM PSTPoor print quality on top of that!