#Design doll cracks tv#

Islamists have repeatedly tried to fight what they see as a cultural 'invasion' since 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted a pro-western monarchy.

#Design doll cracks tv#

Iran's state TV channels broadcast several western and Hollywood films every week. Iran that year also introduced its own dolls вЂ“ twins Dara and Sara, designed to promote traditional values with modest clothing and pro-family values вЂ“ but those proved unable to stem the Barbie tide.Дespite bans on many western books, movies, satellite TV channels, music, haircuts and fashion, young people maintain their interest in that culture.

In 1996, a government-backed children's agency called Barbie a 'Trojan horse,' sneaking in western influences such as makeup and revealing clothes.ДЄuthorities started confiscating the dolls from stores in 2002, denouncing what they called the toys's un-Islamic characteristics. In its latest report, Mehr quoted an unidentified police official as saying authorities confiscated the dolls from Tehran stores in a 'new phase' of the campaign. Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against 'manifestations of western culture,' the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday.Д«arbie dolls are sold wearing swimsuits and miniskirts in a society where women must wear headscarves in public, and men and women are not allowed to swim together.ДЄ ban on the sale of the Barbies, designed to look like young western women, was imposed in the mid-1990s.