Ban on dogs in public sends fur flying in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - Hands in his pockets on a cool, windy Tehran night, Behnam Hedayat was engaged in a seemingly benign activity, something tens of millions of people do every day: walking a dog.
In this case it was his terrier Shika, who he says is "as dear as my child."
But under a ban announced this week by hard-line authorities, walking a dog in public or transporting it by car could put the authorities on Hedayat's tail.
"The police have
