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• Iran reverses ban on water pipes 

Iran has allowed water pipes to reappear in tea houses, whose owners complained a recent ban on health grounds was putting them out of business, press reports said on Tuesday.

"Tea houses with a business permit can offer water pipes to their costumers," the interior ministry said in directive to police published in the Tehran Emrouz newspaper.

However it said that only plain tobacco would be allowed in water pipes and popular fruit flavours like strawberry and apple would remain banned due to "health risks".

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