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Published 2007
Lambs are bought by families in Iran to slaughter and cook as an offering or by way of thanks for something – and yes, that does include the return of prodigal sons, as many a Westernized Iranian will tell you upon their first trip home for a while. Professionals are hired to carry out the slaughter, and it is not any crueller than the processes at an abattoir. But it can still be a bit of a shock for the jet-lagged West Londoner in his Armani suit arriving at the family house to find the d