The Millions : Dog Days in Tehran

Dog Days in Tehran

By Rachel Hurn posted at 3:30 pm on November 3, 2011 0

Azadeh Moaveni writes about what it was like to own her dog, named London, in Iran: “Most Turks, like most Iranians, recoiled from dogs as though they were grotesque vermin; only ‘guard’ dogs, charged with protecting humans and their goods, were deemed less offensive, though still repellent.” To Moaveni, it was like cultural rebellion.