This doesn't make much sense to me. The Simpsons is one of the most subtly subversive entertainment shows in history (often too subtle for the Fox network) - it does far more to lampoon western culture than promote it.

Omg u can't be serious the most screwed up people in the world get worse stupid people they should all just do us a favor and die useless raghead  

you want world peace so bad?

Go all gather together and Martyr yourselves. All at once.

I'm from tehran and I should say this wouldn't work.people watching Simpsons & also use it's T-Shirts Or Toys.
People didn't care about what government said!

Makes sense to me... Why do business with a country that threatens to go to war on you?

Better to promote a cartoon about a bunny getting it's hand chopped off, for stealing a candy bar!!!

It is good to band and media that will deprive your society and go against the cultural norm. These cartoons are known as Smart Power amongst the US State Dept. The projecting of same sex marriages and homosexuality can be a ceter focus of such tools. Besides why use non human non Iranian characters to demonstrate life styles.

i like the idea of banning western culture. in fact, if a western show wants to be aired in Iran or any eastern country, then they should first get permission from that country. if the western show or music cannot prove it will make any positive contribution towards society, then it should not be allowed to enter the airwaves. the same thing goes for websites. access to eastern viewers should NOT be a given. if a western website wants to be viewed by easterners, then again, first they ought to gain permission, and AGAIN, if this website is shown to make no positive contribution, or contains elements of subversion, then it ought not be allowed into the country. let's make it real clear here. any western website normally doesnt receive a large amount of funding unless it serves an offensive, or propaganda application. this means that a large % of western websites contain subversion. there is no reason why an eastern country ought to allow this. kudos to Iran for standing up to imperialism, and may others follow this fine example of progressive civilisation. i am glad that Iran is bringing attention to the simpsons and calling out its subversive nature. that way, other countries will also be able to get the heads up. i watch old cartoons like gi joe, and see how americans are portrayed as the hero. then i think to myself, if i had to compare the u.s govt to something, wouldnt it be cobra? after all, it is the u.s military that go into countries like Libya, Afganistan, Iraq, and murder millions of people to steal their natural resources. isnt it the u.s military that is constantly making deadly weapons that are a threat to man kind?

Colleen is your brain working, or are you really a dicatator trying to be a girl online? What person in their right mind would make statements like that. You must live in an oppressive country because in the "free world" stuff like that doesn't fly. Colleen the internet isn't a western an eastern internet, the internet is made up of cables off the coast of China. People who promote censorship like that make me sick. Our Government here sucks, many of us admit it, it is broken and imperialistic and absolutely wrong on many fronts. HOWEVER just because our government is sick and perverse doesn't mean people in Iran should be told not to have Barbies or watch the Simpsons. That is government oppression and censorship, and is one of the reasons that Iran is becoming a target for the US. (Along with an alleged nuclear missile program, but we all know it's cause the US just hates Iran..) And as Parham said, they'll just go ahead and do it anyway. As they should.