Tehran-based Iran Daily newspaper quoted Seyyed Ahmad Alamolhoda, the Friday Prayers Leader of Mashhad, as saying that the deal “should not allow penetration of Western culture into Iran or open presence of McDonald’s in the country.”
This comes after certain media reported that the American food chain is set to open a branch in Tehran.
McDonald’s, however, made a somewhat ambiguous statement on their website, “We have not set a firm date for the development of restaurants in Iran.”
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Tehran, Aug 22, IRNA - A cleric said on Friday officials should prevent a possible presence of McDonald’s restaurants in Iran in the wake of the recent nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and the P5+1 group of world powers.
