Foreigners arrested at Satanic rock concert in Iran
Included in the 230 young people arrested at the 'satanic concert', some were from Britain and Sweden. Punishment can include lashes, fines or imprisonment.
From correspondents in TehranThe police operation took place on Wednesday night in the town of Karaj near the capital Tehran, at an event with local disc jockeys, rock and rap groups performing, the media said.
“Most of those arrested are wealthy young people ... who came to this party with the goal of attending a provocative, satanic concert,” daily Tehran-e Emrouz quoted a senior police official, Reza Zarei, as saying.
Karaj's public prosecutor, Ali Farhadi, said invitations had been sent out via the Internet and that people from Britain and Sweden were among those held.
Mr Zarei suggested they were expatriate Iranians visiting the country.
Farhadi said 150 bottles of alcoholic drinks, 800 “obscene” CDs and different kinds of drugs had been confiscated by police, as well as “inappropriate” dresses that those behind the event were giving to female guests as gifts.
“Some 230 people who attended a rock party in Karaj were identified and arrested,” Mr Farhadi said on the website of Iran's state broadcaster.
He said 20 video cameras had also been seized and that the organisers had planned to blackmail girls after filming “inappropriate and obscene” videos of them.
Under sharia, Islamic law, imposed after Iran's 1979 revolution, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose clothing to disguise their figures and protect their modesty.
Violators can receive lashes, fines or imprisonment. news.com.au
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Hey NOBRAINER: Your name is right, because if you had a brain you would see I simply quoted news.com.au. So if you don't like the article, go talk to them. Take your own advice and SHUT UP. Nobody pulled your chain here.
Posted by: Debbie | February 09, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Shut up when you don't know anything abt what happened asshole, alright?!
It was a real satanic concert which my friend used to go... anyway try to 4get the shit u see on ur television & news abt Iran...
Posted by: NoBrainer | February 09, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Punishment can include lashes, fines or imprisonment
I'm surprised that they won't be publicly hanged...
Posted by: Butch | August 07, 2007 at 02:59 PM
Ernesto: You know why they called it satanic? It was Western music.
Spree, great articles need to be shared.
John Kaiser, good question and I wondered the same thing. When I think of going on vacation, it certainly doesn't include Iran.
Posted by: Debbie | August 07, 2007 at 01:11 PM
Foreigners arrested at a Satanic country.
Posted by: Ernesto Ribeiro | August 07, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Thanks for the link and excellent piece as usual. The update includes the NRO's further info as well as a little research into our "defensive" research measures and the harm it has caused as recently as Clintons presidency.
Posted by: spree | August 07, 2007 at 11:22 AM
I want to know why ANY foreigner would live in or visit Iran?! I am curious. Buying Persian rugs?
Posted by: John Kaiser | August 07, 2007 at 09:24 AM