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Reports from Iran: perhaps world’s most officially animal-unfriendly nation

March 3, 2026 By Merritt Clifton

The Iranian people have never been hostile toward animals,  but the Islamist government & the Revolutionary Guard are another matter TEHRAN,  Iran;  JERUSALEM,  Israel––Animal advocates and rescuers on opposite sides of shooting between Iran and Israel report similar responses among the dogs and cats in their care since U.S. and Israeli forces jointly bombed targets […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Cats, Central Asia, Circuses, Crocodilians, Culture & Animals, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Islam, Marine life, Meat issues, Population control, Religion & philosophy, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Science, Spectacles, Street dogs, Vegetarians & vegans, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Abdoreza Kouhpayeh, Abdu’l-Bahá, Fatemeh Motamedi, Hamid Ghahremanzadeh, Hassan Heidari, Kavous Seyed-Emami, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Merritt Clifton, Mohammad Ismail Kowsari, Nasim Aghdam, Nasser Makarem Shirazi, Nick Jukes, Payam Mohebi, Ramak Roshanaie Moghaddam, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Yashar Asadi

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