Posted on 05/02/2008 3:54:49 PM PDT by forkinsocket
Tehran's former police chief Reza Zarei attempted suicide in prison yesterday, a month after being arrested for consorting with six naked women in a brothel. In the aftermath of the scandal, the Times, the Associated Press, and the BBC all reported that prostitutes are becoming more visible on Iranian streets. Given the Islamic dress code, how do Persian prostitutes signal their trade?
Location, location, location. In the 1970s, Bostonians looking for a proverbial good time went to the "Combat Zone" and New Yorkers flocked to 42nd Street; in contemporary Iran, the holy city of Qom is known (unofficially) as a place of "both pilgrimage and pleasure." There, prostitutes wearing veils and even chadors mill about temples or sit together in public courtyards where men can inspect them. Sometimes a male go-between offers "introductions," at which point the prostitutes pull aside their headgear so the potential client can get a glimpse, but the whole process is fairly subtle. For an outsider, it's difficult to pick a street girl out of a crowd.
Qom may have become a prostitution hot spot due to the abundance of shrines. Young female runaways with no shelter come to the city knowing they can take refuge at holy sites by sleeping in rooms intended for pilgrims. They have no way of making a living, so after awhile they get involved with the sex trade. The city's young theological students and transient tourists form the main clientele.
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One of the sources of income for Mullahs is the arrangement of “temporary marriages”. Mullahs are pimps.
Well I’m not sure you want to see the pics. Persian women are lovely (well I married one), but those prostitutes are usually heroin and opium druggies. Not a pretty sight.
Qom?
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allah’s gonna GITCHA for dat! ;)
We need a pic of Christiane Amanpour.
“Hey Mullah, new in town?”
Bet you never thought you'd type that sentence!
Must they be spotted? Can’t they just be striped?
Ah.... He traded in 6 for 72....
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