A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran. Owners of domestic animals are forbidden from taking them on the streets of the city because Islam considers dogs to be impure. An Islamic judge later charged the man for "disturbing the public order,â€. Despite repeated warnings by the police, dog owners continue to defy authorities by taking their dogs outside their homes. Typical punishment for people caught with dogs outside is a fine or the "detention" of their animals in a pound. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently provoked debate in Iran about dog ownership when he took possession of four guard dogs, bought in Germany for approximately $161,040 each.
Its so sad they cannot enjoy man's best friend, hickory duff, the world went through so much advancements and religion still dominates, and no homos my ass, i'm sure they are packed with
Just like human beings, animals too have their rights and hence have to be treated as per the law. If there is no law prevailing in a country with regard to animals, at least some mercy can be shown on these dumb creatures.
How you can consider a dog impure is beyond me. That is another issue though. Punishing a 70 year old man for walking his dog with that kind of sentence is ridiculous though. I'll refrain from saying anything more. I ain't trying to start incidents.
What the hell... O_O Hah, I used to know a woman who tried to tell me Iran was a great place to live.