He became quite a star in Iran, and some people made fake videos and were selling them to the public.
Finally some of the establishment mullahs stepped in and reminded fervent and supersistious Iranians that in Islam dogs are "haram." It is nice, however, that the doggy visitor to the shrine was treated kindly.
I cannot resist cat and dog stories.
However ... this particular story could only have happened in Iran. I think that in any other Islamic shrine, the poor brute might have been regarded as a sort of criminal.
In Iran, there is still the influence of Zorastrianism, which revered dogs. Also, that particular shrine is to a person called Imam Reza, who is credited with many mystical abilities, including being able to understand the speech of animals ... a sort of Narnia touch to his legend.
All this, according to mainstream Sunnis, and even more to Wahhabis, is supersitious pap.
Nice story, I am glad the dog wasn't harmed .