Posted on 08/04/2007 1:17:51 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Iranian police arrested 230 people in a raid on an underground rock concert close to Tehran, amid a growing crackdown on behaviour deemed contrary to Islamic law, local officials said on Saturday.
Large quantities of recording equipment, alcohol, bootleg CDs, revealing female clothing and also drugs were seized at the concert in the city of Karaj just west of the capital, in Tehran province.
"Two hundred and thirty people were identified and arrested in a 'rock party' in the Mohammadshahr district of Karaj," said Ali Farhadi, the prosecutor for Karaj, according to the website of state broadcasting.
"An investigation is in progress and soon a verdict will be issued for the main elements of the satan-worshipping instigatators and all these people will be punished."
He said that people from "Britain and Sweden" were among those arrested, without giving further details.
Rock groups in Iran are only allowed to perform with a licence from the ministry of culture, although this has not prevented numbers of underground formations sprouting up in recent years.
Iran is currently in the midst of one of its tightest moral crackdowns in years which has already seen thousands of women warned by the police for dressing that is deemed to be unIslamic.
Women must cover their heads and all bodily contours in Iran while the consumption of alcohol and mixed-sex parties are strictly illegal. Police have recently also been targeting men whose dress is deemed "satanic" or overly Westernised.
Over 110 of the particpants in the "rock party" have been transferred to the local Rajaieshahr prison while the others are in custody at the judiciary after being allowed bail, Farhadi said.
He said that the young participants in the concert, mostly from well-off backgrounds, had responded to an invitation published on the Internet.
"Special cards had been distributed to the participants so they could gain entry. Nobody could enter without a such a permit."
The organisers had also brought along a consignment of skimpy female clothing and were intending to subsequently "extort" the young participants by taking revealing footage of them at the party, he added.
Arm these people now.
So revealing female clothing was seized? What were the gals wearing after that?
When telecasters are banned only criminals will have telecasters!
Rock on.
Norwegian-Iranian Mamand Mamandy had a brutal meeting with police after drinking two beers while on holiday in Iran. "It's getting better now, but I am still in great pain," Mamandy, 35, told Aftenposten.no. "My brother is a doctor, and treated me after the whipping. I was in great pain and could not sleep."
Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution.
Rock and roll ain’t gonna die.
The terrorists want to destroy Western Civilization, and obviously if that is their goal, they cannot tolerate in their own caliphates.
Ping
Someone needs to introduce country-western to Iran. Those fans have guns.
We need to drop CDs of the Ramones on country.
Hear hear now!!!
Tell me again, exactly why do we have any faith in these people?
Kinda hard to hide a rock concert!
These people are sick bastards
Ha.
I agree with the raid. I think all revealing clothing at rock concerts should be siezed in america too.
Ping
What’s wrong with having an Iranian “rock concert”? Iranians worship a rock!
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