TEHRAN (Reuters) - The owners of shops on Monday that Iran's morality police crack down on the sale of Barbie doll for the Protection of the Republic, which considers Western culture malicious erode Islamic values.While stressing the Western sanctions on Iran, with the increasing tensions over its nuclear program, ban Barbie in the country part of what the government calls a "soft war" on the cultural influences dissolved.The owner of a shop for toys in the north of Tehran, "came three weeks ago (moral police) to our store, asked us to remove all of Barbie dolls."Initially announced the religious rulers of Iran in 1996 that Barbie - Mattel produced by the U.S. - non-Muslim, noting that her "social and cultural repercussions of destructive."Despite the ban, the puppet was until recently sold openly in stores Tehran.After the new order which was issued three weeks ago, forced shopkeepers to hide behind the Barbie toys other means to meet the demand of the popular doll and avoid the police to shut down their stores.Traders told Reuters that the copies of the puppet received official approval and was launched in 2002 to meet the demand for Barbie did not achieve successful sales.The store manager to play in Tehran at the age of 40 years, pointing to a doll with black cloth long Achan "We do not sell Barbie but still secret and present this in a window display to make the police think that we do not sell, but this kind of toys."
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