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Iranian Lawman Blasts Barbie

Top prosecutor calls for ban on Western toy imports

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2008 7:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barbie, Batman, and Harry Potter have no place in the Islamic Republic of Iran, says the nation's top prosecutor. He warned of the "social danger" that toys and other Western cultural imports pose to his country and has called for a ban, the BBC...   Read full story »

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