With all the problems Iran is facing, it's good to see that clerics are expressing their concern over one of the biggest issues the country is dealing with: A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are "unclean" and should not be kept as pets -- a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Dogs are considered "unclean" under Islamic tradition but, while relatively rare in Iran, some ...