"Valentine's Day Gifts, Banned: Where's the Love Iran?"
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/19/valentines-day-banned-iran/Article published January 17/2011
“Printing and producing any products related to Valentine's Day, including posters, brochures, advertising cards, boxes with the symbols of hearts, half-hearts, red roses and any activities promoting this day are banned,” claims the Iranian, federally-managed media. Iranian officials explain that the holiday encourages sacrilegious romance and believe the Western holiday takes too big of an influence on the Iranian youth. The new ban does not (and could not) ban the act and emotion of love, but rather reinforces current Iranian law charging that "unmarried couples are not allowed to socialize."
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