| Hundreds of people in Iranian town of Hamadan took part in mass disturbances on 20 October, caused by police attack on two women who did not wear yashmaks compulsory for this time of year. According to Shari'a law that has been Iran's legislation since 1979, it is forbidden to eat, drink, smoke or wear ordinary clothes during day-light hours in the holy month of Ramadan. Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran reported that news of the attack on women without yashmaks quickly spread around the town, and young people took to the streets. They set fire to car tyres, threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police vehicles. Several people on both sides were injured. |