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June 28 - Iran: moralisation moves to the country

Autore: Orma


from: AKI
June 28, 2007

Tehran, 28 June (AKI) - A new phase of the Iranian government's moralisation campaign is due to kick off on Friday, and "is set to intensify over summer" said police chief General Ahmad Reza Radan. "The third phase involves the cleaning up of our parks and of our mountains of immoral elements which prevent families from passing their weekends peacefully." Behaviour in holiday spots, which is not in adherence with strict Islamic morality, will be punished. As well as dressing in appropriately, this could involve listening to music, singing or laughing out loud or walking hand in hand.

The police chief also gave some figures of the moralisation campaign which kicked off at the start of May.

During the first three months of the campaign against women not adhering fully to the strict Islamic dress code, in Tehran alone 62,785 women were stopped by police, and of these 1,837 were arrested

"Of those arrested 412 were handed over to the judicial authorities while the remainder were freed after making formal commitments to wear the Muslim headscarf," he added.

Another 140 young people, both male and female, were arrested during "promiscuous" parties organised in private homes. In addition some 2,500 businesses, Internet cafes and restaurants have been temporarily or permanently closed down for having allowed people of opposite sexes to mix freely.

Around half the women arrested for not having obeyed the strict dress code were professionals or businessmen, while the remainder were housewives, university and high school students.

"In the last three months, we have arrested in the capital more than 8,000 young criminals who have offended public morals, and 2,000 of them are still in detention," he added

Radan also referred to the confiscation of some 350,000 CDs and DVDs containing "indecent" music and films, without specifying what was meant by indecent.

The news agency FARS, which is close to the Tehran government, also reported that some 175 'indecent' paintings and sculptures at Tabriz, the capital of Iranian Azerbaijan. Among those seized in a shop there was a reproduction of the famous Primavera by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli which has near naked figures cavorting in a pastoral scene.

(Fmk/Aki)

Jun-28-07 18:39

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