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01-20-2012, 09:54 PM
Iran shuts down shops selling Barbie dolls
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In this file photo taken Monday, April 28, 2008, Iranian shopkeeper Hamid Reza Delband displays a doll at his toy shop, in Tehran, Iran. Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semi official Mehr news agency reported Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
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A veiled Iranian woman looks at Dara and Sara dolls dressed in traditional outfits in Tehran Tuesday, March 5, 2002. Iran unveiled the long-awaited Dara and Sara, twin national dolls that seek to preserve and promote Iran's culture and replace American Barbie dolls. Sara is on the left.
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In this file photo taken Monday, April 28, 2008, Iranian shopkeeper Hamid Reza Delband displays a doll at his toy shop, in Tehran, Iran. Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semi official Mehr news agency reported Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
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A veiled Iranian woman looks at Dara and Sara dolls dressed in traditional outfits in Tehran Tuesday, March 5, 2002. Iran unveiled the long-awaited Dara and Sara, twin national dolls that seek to preserve and promote Iran's culture and replace American Barbie dolls. Sara is on the left.
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