Man sentenced to
lashing for drinking alcohol
Jomhouri Islami
daily, Aug. 4,
2004و
Ahwaz – According to
a report issued by the Intelligence and Public Relations Office of the
Khuzestan Judiciary, a man named Ali S. was sentenced to 80 lashes by
the 101st branch of the Ahwaz Public Prosecutor’s Office for
drinking alcohol.
Tehran's youth
arrested, flogged
Iran National TV,
Aug. 25 –
Agents of the State Security Force
attacked a party in Tehran's Andisheh Street. A number of young girls
and boys were arrested in this raid. A number of those arrested were
reportedly released after being lashed.
Intimidating wall
graffiti against women and girls in North Tehran
Rouydad website,
Aug. 2
– Witnesses say that
there are intimidating wall graffiti against women and girls in some
regions of North Tehran.
The graffiti written in large red
letters say: “Improper veiling – two months imprisonment, bare feet –
74 lashes”.
Tehran's municipality which is charged
with dealing with these situations has refrained from cleaning the
slogans written by anonymous groups
courtesy
of CSRI |