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Iran expands dog walking ban beyond Tehran
- On June 8, 2025, several cities across Iran, including Ilam, implemented new restrictions prohibiting individuals from walking dogs in public areas.
- The ban follows a longstanding opposition to dog ownership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and earlier prohibitions such as a 2019 police directive in Tehran.
- Officials justify the ban by citing concerns for public order, safety, and health, while emphasizing that walking and transporting dogs in cars are prohibited.
- In 2021, a group of 75 legislators criticized the practice of owning pets, describing it as harmful to society and potentially disruptive to Iran’s Islamic cultural values, while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei referred to most forms of dog ownership as objectionable.
- The ban may face challenges as advocates note it violates owners' rights, complicates veterinary care, and could lead to enforcement issues amid rising dog ownership.
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Why Iranian cities are banning dog walking
Local authorities in Iran have widened a ban on walking dogs, citing public health, social order and safety concerns.At least 18 cities have followed a police directive that bans dog walking in Tehran, the latest chapter in the nation's nuanced history with the animals.'Reprehensible'In 1948, Iran became "one of the first countries in the Middle East" to pass animal welfare laws, said the BBC, even the country's royal family kept dogs as pets. B…
In Tehran, the order has been in force for several years. Now, dog owners are no longer allowed to walk with their pets in other cities. In other Islamic countries, too, the four-legged people have a difficult situation.
Iran has extended the ban to take dogs to various cities in the country. Already since 2019, a police directive has banned dogs from walking in the capital Tehran. According to the national media, the reasons put forward by the authorities refer to public health, social order and safety reasons. Now, the content of the directive has been extended to the city of Ilam in the west of the country and to 17 other cities. From the Islamic revolution i…
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news38.deIran tightens the dog ban: walking with dogs is now prohibited in at least 18 cities.
Dog walking in public has been banned in several Iranian cities.
Many Islamic scholars consider dogs, petting them, and contact with their saliva to be impure, and some political and religious leaders attribute dog ownership to Western influence.
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