D’oh! The Simpsons dolls are banned by Iran
The US cartoon characters join Barbie in falling foul of a new ‘morality’ crackdown by Tehran The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official stated on Monday, as dolls of Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined Barbie among western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. “The Simpsons dolls are merchandise from an animated series, of which some episodes are even banned in Europe and America,” Mohammad Hossein Farjoo, whose bureau oversees what Iranian kids can play with, told the Sharq newspaper.
