{"id":94554,"date":"2023-08-25T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/25\/iranian-property-agent-arrested-for-transferring-apartment-property-rights-to-a-dog\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:08:01","slug":"iranian-property-agent-arrested-for-transferring-apartment-property-rights-to-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/25\/iranian-property-agent-arrested-for-transferring-apartment-property-rights-to-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Property Agent Arrested for Transferring Apartment Property Rights to a Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p>The head of a property agency in Iran was recently arrested for helping a couple with no human heirs transfer the property rights to their apartment to their pet dog.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed Iranian businessman ended up in jail and had his real estate firm shut down earlier this month after a video showing him officiating an unusual property transfer went viral on social media. In the short clip, the man can be seen preparing paperwork which is then signed by a human couple, and then by their pet dog, Chester. Well, technically, the owners just took the pooch\u2019s paw, put some ink on it, and then put it on the contract, but we guess that\u2019s what counts as a canine signature. The agent can be heard describing the property, and once the deal is done, Chester\u2019s owners can be seen hugging and congratulating the dog. Iranian authorities didn\u2019t share their happiness, though\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/N04FIfHhv_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Grabarczyk\/Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Footage of the property rights transfer went viral in Iran over the weekend, and on Sunday, the owner of the real-estate agency that officiated the property right transfer was arrested for \u201cnormalizing the violation of the society\u2019s moral values\u201d and authorizing the deal \u201cwith no legal basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police arrested the head of the real estate agency and shuttered the firm on Saturday,\u201d deputy prosecutor general Reza Tabar said.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"fa\" xml:lang=\"fa\">\u0631\u0641\u062a\u0646\u062f \u06cc\u0647 \u0622\u067e\u0627\u0631\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0647 \u0627\u0633\u0645 \u0633\u06af\u0634\u0648\u0646 \u0622\u0642\u0627 \u0686\u0633\u062a\u0631 \u0632\u062f\u0646 \u060c \u0633\u06af\u0647 \u067e\u0627\u06cc \u0642\u0648\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0627\u0646\u06af\u0634\u062a\u0645 \u0632\u062f \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uSd30ZkCOe\">pic.twitter.com\/uSd30ZkCOe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u06a9\u062a\u0627\u0628\u0634\u0627\u0647 \u0633\u0648\u0645 (@ketabshah3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ketabshah3\/status\/1692426753778843695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apparently, Iran\u2019s conservative clerics frown upon owning dogs, because the animals are seen as unclean, so this stunt was seen as a serious offense. The Tehran city council has also banned the animals from public spaces, describing them as a \u201cmajor problem\u201d. There was even a time when Iranian authorities mulled confiscating people\u2019s dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIranian MPs tried to promote a law to confiscate all dogs and give them to zoos or leave them in deserts,\u201d Dr Payam Moheb told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/mena\/2023\/08\/20\/estate-agent-in-iran-arrested-over-transfer-of-house-to-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The National<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"ca5d0c0f4488a73fcbe5647d-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=665932603465761\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of a property agency in Iran was recently arrested for helping a couple with no human heirs transfer the property rights to their apartment to their pet dog. The unnamed Iranian businessman ended up in jail and had his real estate firm shut down earlier this month after a video showing him officiating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iranian Property Agent Arrested for Transferring Apartment Property Rights to a Dog - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/25\/iranian-property-agent-arrested-for-transferring-apartment-property-rights-to-a-dog\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iranian Property Agent Arrested for Transferring Apartment Property Rights to a Dog - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The head of a property agency in Iran was recently arrested for helping a couple with no human heirs transfer the property rights to their apartment to their pet dog. 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