Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/aww-man-bart-simpson-joins-barbie-iran-ban-151909486.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b1WWQxhAbT8pD31Ht6W0ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-06T152314Z_2_BTRE81516K000_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-IRAN-SIMPSONS-BAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A picture of Bart Simpson with the words "Suck my quorum" is carried by people following partial results of four referendums in downtown Rome" align="left" title="A picture of Bart Simpson with the words "Suck my quorum" is carried by people following partial results of four referendums in downtown Rome" border="0" /></a>TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely 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 agency oversees what Iranian children can play with, told the Sharq newspaper. He did not elaborate on what episodes might have been censored elsewhere. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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