Iranian authorities have actually apprehended the head of a realty company after a viral video revealed his company offering a house to a dog, authorities said on Sunday.
In the video, which spread out commonly over the weekend, an Iranian couple signed an agreement moving title of their home to their furry, white, small-breed dog.
The animal, called “Chester”, put its paws on an ink pad with the help of a lady prior to the agreement was marked.
She said in the video that the couple had no “successors which they wished to offer the home to the dog.”
There is no law prohibiting dog ownership in Iran however, as in lots of Muslim nations, they are thought about dirty. Conservative clerics have actually recommended versus keeping them as family pets.
On Sunday, ISNA news company reported that the “authorities introduced an examination” following the video.
“The authorities apprehended the head of the property company and shuttered the company on Saturday,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said, estimating deputy district attorney basic Reza Tabar.
Tabar said the sale looks for to “normalise the infraction of the society’s ethical worths”, and has “no legal basis”.
Mizan did not determine the apprehended real estate agent.
Many Iranians, specifically amongst the upper and middle classes, have in recent years accepted the pattern of pet ownership, generally dogs and cats.
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