Tehran's "KFC Halal" copycat restaurant shut down 1 day after opening due to "American influence"

[Miles Archer]

http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/kfc-knock-restaurant-opened-iran-and-shut-down-1-day-later

The restaurant, called KFC Halal, opened in Tehran on November 1 and was shut down by police on November 2. Mashable reports that Iranians called KFC Halal “the first American branch” of its kind.
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Police posted a notice on the restaurant’s doors and that said it was closed until further noticed because the décor looks too much like the U.S. flag and “can be seen as part of American influence into Iranian culture.”

“The shutting down of KFC Halal was due to a misunderstanding,” Abbas Pazuki, KFC Halal store manager, told Tasnim, an Iranian news agency. “We are part of a brand known as KFC Halal, which comes from Turkey. It belongs to Muslims and its target market is Muslim nations.”

The American chain announced that they had no connection with Tehran’s KFC-like restaurant.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Man is the only animal to have found the One True God...several of them. Mark Twain

[HuckleB]

2. Sandway, Faceburger, Stars & Bucks Cafe, Pizza Hat... the traditions grows!

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/03/kentucky-fried-chicken-shocked-by-halal-knockoff-in-iran/

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Chicagoans might remember this story with radio personality Steve Dahl (of Disco Demolition fame).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dahl#Height_of_collaboration

During the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Dahl, along with his backing band Teenage Radiation, recorded and released a parody of The Knack's song "My Sharona," called "Ayatollah." He also made on-the-air prank phone calls to the "Islamic Fried Chicken" (a play on Kentucky Fried Chicken), ordering buckets of chicken for the hostages in the US embassy, which the State Department later reprimanded him for.

And...
http://www.chicagonow.com/life-as-i-see-it/2011/07/steve-dahl-whats-he-worth-to-you/

As kids we listened during the Iran Hostage Crisis when Steve was calling Islamic Fried Chicken ordering buckets for the Americans held in captivity. My younger brother wrote down the number and called from the darkness of our basement out of my mother's earshot to order a couple buckets as well. Moments later the State Department called our mother.

After she hung up with the "lady who sounded pretty important", we were instructed to sit on the couch "until your father gets home". When Dad walked in, he wanted to know what station we were listening to.

We reluctantly gave up the call numbers along with an assurance that Steve was already off the air for the day and suggested he give him a listen the next day after 2:30...Garry did the first half hour solo until Steve arrived thirty minutes later.

The next night we got a lecture about the world crisis and why we should not participate. Dad was also pretty pissed about the pending over-seas-phone-call, saying "that's a toll call for Christ's sake".

[riderinthestorm]

5. Now THIS is hilarious! !

K & freaking R!

[Renew Deal]

4. I wonder how trademarks are litigated in Iran.