Dog owners face receiving 74 lashes if they take their dog for a walk under proposed Iranian law as owning such an animal is seen as harmful to Islamic culture
- New bill claims that owning a dog as a pet harms Iran's Islamic culture
- Dog owners could be arrested and given a £2,243 fine or 74 lashes
- Unwelcome pets would be confiscated and transferred to a zoo or desert
- Law exempts police officers, farm owners, sheep herders and fishermen
Dog owners could be arrested and subjected to 74 lashes if they are caught taking their pet for a walk or keeping one in their home under a proposed Iranian law.
A bill presented by 32 members of the Iranian Parliament claimed that owning a dog as a pet harms the country's Islamic culture because of their 'uncleanliness'.
Violators could be arrested if they are caught accompanying their pet in public and forced to pay a fine of up to 100 million rials, around £2,243, or receive 74 lashes.
Dog-owners such as Shohreh (pictured) fear losing their beloved pets in the latest clampdown
Unwelcome pets could also be confiscated and transferred to a zoo or desert, according to the bill.
An excerpt of the bill released by France-based opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran, said: 'Anyone who takes a pet like a monkey or a dog in public and damages the Islamic culture or the health and tranquility of the people - particularly children and women, or attempts to buy or sell them, or keep them at their house, and not to act on the warnings issued by State Security Forces (police), would be fined between 10 to 100 million rials or would receive 74 lashes, plus the pet would be confiscated.'
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