Weeping Dog in Pilgrimage Journey!

Islamic Republic News Agency:

Unprecedented enough, a mourning shepherd dog made its way into the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.), in the northeastern city of Mashad, the Iranian daily Entekhab reported Sunday on its website. The dog picked its way through the tomb's pilgrims to come close to the reticulated sepulture of the eighth infallible successor of Islam's prophet. It was then that the sheep dog began to stun the pilgrims by laying head on the ground 3 meters away from the sepulture and weeping in weird tone.

Witnesses said the newcomer was first intercepted by a gate-keeper who saw a dog trying to calmly creep into the complex.

'I couldn't believe my eyes. I tried to keep it away. I mouthed the gesture 'go away' in a calm manner and it obeyed', the gatekeeper told Entekhab.

The dog then tried the shrine's special parking lot and succeeded to enter the premises. Security cameras monitored a dog which hid itself besides a stone-loaded truck and slunk into Azadi courtyard, the holy shrine's main corridor.

The dog was courteous enough not to step on the tomb's carpets. Its movement caught no attention until it arrived two to three meters away from the sepulture. Witness pilgrims were interrupted to watch the dog crouching in the vicinity and sheding tears.

A movie record of the dog's journey will be released soon.

This is an example of the kind of stories the regime is promoting.