[Dustbunny]

Oh...... you will have to forgive me. I am old and know little of what has transpired in Iran between 1973 and today.

so, because the Shaw used to eat Bananas they were banned. Sounds like a dictatorship on the order of the Communists and Nazi's.

Will pray that Iran will become a Democracy.

[Khashayar]

Not only Bananas but many other stuff were banned by the regime

1- tie
2- different fruits
3- furnitures
4- music
5- women's make up
6- jeans
7- short sleeve shirts
8- most secular books
9- American movies
10- VCR
11- happiness (Khomeini used to say: Our religion is the religion of crying and sadness)

[Khashayar]

Bananas: because it was called a luxurious fruit

Pink Panther: because Mullahs thought Iranian kids didn't deserve having fun

American Movies: Ultimately Forbidden due to the mulla's anti-imperialist agenda

Coffee: Another western symbol

Short sleeve shirts: Un-Islamic

Ties: because it was a Western Symbol

Caviar: because it could have been used with Vodka or Wine

Tin Tin: (A Belgian Comic Strip)