Iran: apparel

According to Etemad-e-Melli five MP's, four members of parliament's cultural commission and a member of its legal commission protested in a written protest to make Italian clothing retailer Benetton to quit Iran, saying its fashions are a bad influence on female consumers.
The newspaper added that the parliament speaker received their protest by himself protesting that Benetton was not using Farsi language or script on its shop signs in the Islamic republic.
Over the past year, several Benetton stores have been opened in Iran, mainly selling the retailer's casual line of products for men, women and children, four stores in Tehran, two in Mashhad, and one in Yazd.
The ultra-hardline Siasat-e Ruz also carried the report, saying the MPs had warned the interior ministry "to prevent the influence of the Zionist mlnaire Benetton in the field of women's clothing and fashion."
It also claimed that Benetton was operating with the support of Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a political rival of President Ahmadinejad.



According to General Yahia Rahim Safavi, military adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former head of the Guards, will step in to stop any "cultural aggression" that threatens the country.
If the situation worsened, the guards had the authorisation of the Supreme Leader to bring the situation under control.
"Guaranteeing internal security is delegated to ordinary police but if the situation worsens, the Revolutionary Guards will step in to restore order," he said.
He spoke at Sharif University in Tehran.
He linked internal security with the dangers of "cultural aggression" from the west that uses software, satellite dishes, consumerism, music and economic models
His remarks came a few hours after the complaints in parlament about Benetton.
The same group of MPs have called for a ban on the sale of top fashion labels Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton.



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