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He urged television stations to avoid broadcasting images of people eating chicken, saying such pictures could fire up social tensions, with perhaps unforeseen consequences.
“They show chicken being eaten in movies while somebody might not be able to buy it,” he said in mid-July. “Films are now the windows of society and some people observing this class gap might say that we will take knives and take our rights from the rich.”
As far as is known, no one has gone to that extreme, but as Iran’s economy struggles with erratic government management and international sanctions imposed over the country’s disputed nuclear program, prices of food and fuel have jumped across the board in the past 18 months.
Meanwhile, one of Iran’s top-ranking conservative clerics has been doing his part to quell concerns.
“We see that many people are shrieking over the price of chicken. But what’s the worst that can happen if one doesn’t eat it? The overwhelming majority of doctors say that meat products don’t make for good food,” said Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, according to state media. Full story...
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He urged television stations to avoid broadcasting images of people eating chicken, saying such pictures could fire up social tensions, with perhaps unforeseen consequences.
“They show chicken being eaten in movies while somebody might not be able to buy it,” he said in mid-July. “Films are now the windows of society and some people observing this class gap might say that we will take knives and take our rights from the rich.”
As far as is known, no one has gone to that extreme, but as Iran’s economy struggles with erratic government management and international sanctions imposed over the country’s disputed nuclear program, prices of food and fuel have jumped across the board in the past 18 months.
Meanwhile, one of Iran’s top-ranking conservative clerics has been doing his part to quell concerns.
“We see that many people are shrieking over the price of chicken. But what’s the worst that can happen if one doesn’t eat it? The overwhelming majority of doctors say that meat products don’t make for good food,” said Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, according to state media. Full story...
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