The humorless Iranians
A couple of weeks ago, I showed you the ad below spoofing a Mossad spy in Iran.Let's go to the videotape.
The Iranians didn't think it was funny and they are threatening to ban Samsung from selling products in their country.
The offending television ad depicts the cast of a popular Israeli show, Asfur, traveling to the Islamic Republic and destroying a nuclear facility. The commercial promotes a HOT Telecommunications cable deal that grants subscribers Samsung tablets.What a craven response....
According to the report, the chairman of the Iranian parliament's Energy Committee, Arsalan Fat'hipour, said Thursday that Tehran is considering a bill that would impose a complete ban on all Samsung products – a measure that "would make the company regret making the insulting teaser."
The Iranian lawmaker accused Samsung of producing an ad that portrays Iran as a primitive country and implies that Israel is strong enough to obliterate the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites.
He further claimed that Samsung made the clip "to curry favor with Israel," and said an apology would not be enough. The company must be held accountable, he said.
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Samsung's Dubai headquarters issued a statement denouncing the Israeli clip. A spokesperson for the companyin Tehran denied having any ties to the ad, stressing that it was produced by the Israeli cable provider, HOT.
Labels: humor, Iranian nuclear threat, Mossad
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:48 AM
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