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| Iran: Mass Arrest of Girls and Women |
| 2004-08-07 |
| This is a repost from yesterday, but it was posted late, and I really think it deals with a major front of the WOT. My apologies in advance if it is deemed off topic. July 16th: Mass Arrests of Girls in Tehran by the Militia, Girls Not Allowed to Contact their Families News source in Iranian. 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. EFL. The reports added to this site show continued brutality right up through last week. 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 |
| #3 Let yourself go Mike. You're missing the collected wisdom of NMM. It's fun watching a troll slowly devolve. I await the hilarious post when NMM loses it completely and threatenss PD with the Justice Department! LOL Good stuff! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-07 8:40:11 AM |
| #2 Far beyond reading last night's postings, there apparently are many Rantburgers who read the postings from one and two years ago too! I'm not that addicted. I can set some limits for myself. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-07 8:16:30 AM |
| #1 I think that most regular readers look back to the previous day, so an article posted late will be seen and read. There might be fewer comments, though. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-07 8:11:36 AM |