Members of Iran's Islamic hardline Basij militia have detained 36 people after a raid on a "depraved" mixed soiree near Tehran, a newspaper said Sunday. Jomhuri-e-Eslami said 33 men and three women were arrested and a number of "immoral CDs and videotapes" seized in the raid near the town of Karaj. Mixed private parties, especially where alcohol is consumed, are liable to raids by police or Islamic militiamen. Punishments for attending such parties include hefty fines, spells in jail and flogging.
I'm not sure my imagination extends to visualizing what the ayatollahs might consider "immoral CDs and videotapes." Some of my junk mail would cause their turbans to unravel... |