Cooking shows in Iran were banned from cooking foreign cuisine on Sunday.
The ban comes from conservatives who are trying to keep westernization out of Iranian culture, AFP reported. The deputy head of Iran’s state broadcaster, Ali Darabi said, “From now on teaching how to cook non-Iranian dishes is banned,” according to AFP citing Iranian media. Popular cooking shows on television from now on will only display Iranian food.
Until the ban, daytime cooking shows in Iran presented diverse Iranian and foreign recipes with Italian, Chinese, and Indian food being popular in the country, according to the report.
State-owned television is the only television allowed in the theocratic republic where private broadcasters and satellite television are banned.
The ban comes from conservatives who are trying to keep westernization out of Iranian culture, AFP reported. The deputy head of Iran’s state broadcaster, Ali Darabi said, “From now on teaching how to cook non-Iranian dishes is banned,” according to AFP citing Iranian media. Popular cooking shows on television from now on will only display Iranian food.
Until the ban, daytime cooking shows in Iran presented diverse Iranian and foreign recipes with Italian, Chinese, and Indian food being popular in the country, according to the report.
State-owned television is the only television allowed in the theocratic republic where private broadcasters and satellite television are banned.
