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| Project: 'FREE IRAN!' [activistchat.com] Reports: Mass Arrest of Young Girls and Women |
| 2004-08-06 |
| I know this can't be newsworthy, 'cause I haven't seen it in the MSM, but maybe some of the idly curious among us may want to see this . . . July 16th: Mass Arrests of Girls in Tehran by the Militia, Girls Not Allowed to Contact their Families News source in Iranian: http://web.peykeiran.com/net_iran/irnewsbody.aspx?ID=16889 Incoming news from Rooydad from all over Tehran, are reporting widespread clashes between young girls and women and the regime's militia. In recent days, patrol groups belonging to the militia have been stationed in Tehran's main squares, such as Vanak which is a gathering place for young boys and girls, where they are arresting girls wearing short pants. Rooydad News, reporting on Thursday July 15th wrote that the arrested girls are kept for 24 hours after their files are completed without any contact with their families. Before this, some web sties were reporting from Mashhad that girls wearing short pants were being flogged. There are also widespread reports of the militia visiting clothing stores and ordering them to remove Manteaus and pants, 'Chador' alternatives, from their displays. At certain malls, girls who are poorly veiled are not allowed in. It is obvious that the hardliner clampdown as a result of the 7th Parliament and the Ansar e Hezbollah takeover is fully in progress. Last week, Yalsarat Al Hussein, the official news of Hezbollah reported on orders issued by Hezbollah to Commander Bagher Ghalibaf, including stopping wedding cars, closing shops selling the manteau 'chador' alternative, confiscation of drivers licenses of poorly veiled women, and not issuing passports for any woman with a poor veiling history. So far the closure of shops selling manteaus, 'chador' alternatives, phase has started. Also, for the video inclined: At least PBS is doing a video expose of the forces in play that led to the murder of the Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi. You can watch the video clips at this link. |
| Posted by:cingold |
| #2 ...confiscation of drivers licenses of poorly veiled women... Why is everyone always harshing on women drivers? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-07 2:41:40 AM |
| #1 By the way the activistchat.com link goes on with several comments, also reporting violence by the Mullahs, continuing right up through last week. |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-08-06 10:24:44 PM |