Thursday, November 15, 2018

Not to Be Mailed in Iran (ممنوعات پستی)




I went to a post office as I had a load of postcards, which still haven’t arrived. At the post office I saw a strange poster telling us, what shouldn’t be posted in Iran; (ممنوعات پستی) is forbidden mail. You might remember the poster with things that shouldn’t be thrown into the toilet in Central Asia. It’s the same with this poster.

There are a couple of things I would never even consider to be put into mail like a gun. Maybe the US National Rifle Association would think it good practice, but I do not. Or think about the idea of sending explosives or radioactive material by mail – incredible that one has to tell people not to do so. Fashion and fashion videos – I guess it stands for pornography. Rawhide, ups no raw hide is prohibited as well as fresh animals products.

You shouldn’t send handmade books and archeological artifacts by mail. No dice and playing cards – I forgot that I shouldn’t take these to Iran, but as I didn’t do so anyway, I wasn’t trying to send playing cards by mail. Oh, and no oxygen; I remember an experience at Lhasa airport. My suitcase was returned as some inexperienced security officer thought my razor foam could be an oxygen container.

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