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2007-08-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran detains scores at "satanic" rock gig

Iranian police detained more than 200 people and seized alcohol and drugs in a raid on a "satanic" underground rock concert, media in the conservative Islamic state reported on Saturday.

Iran, which has launched an annual summer crackdown on "immoral behavior", bans alcohol, narcotics and parties with unrelated men and women dancing, drinking and mixing. Western popular music is frowned upon.

The police operation took place on Wednesday night in the town of Karaj near the capital Tehran, at an event with local disc jockeys, rock and rap groups performing, the media said. "Most of those arrested are wealthy young people ... who came to this party with the goal of attending a provocative, satanic concert," daily Tehran-e Emrouz quoted a senior police official, Reza Zarei, as saying.

Karaj's public prosecutor, Ali Farhadi, said invitations had been sent out via the Internet and that people from Britain and Sweden were among those held. Zarei suggested they were expatriate Iranians visiting the country. Farhadi said 150 bottles of alcoholic drinks, 800 "obscene" CDs and different kinds of drugs had been confiscated by police, as well as "inappropriate" dresses that those behind the event were giving to female guests as gifts.

"Some 230 people who attended a rock party in Karaj were identified and arrested," Farhadi said on the Web site of Iran's state broadcaster. He said 20 video cameras had also been seized and that the organizers had planned to blackmail girls after filming "inappropriate and obscene" videos of them.

Posted by Fred 2007-08-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 So - Great Satan, Little Satan, now Minion?
Everything not being of Shia being Satan?
Time for DirecTV to broadcast freebees to the MidEast 24x7

Posted by 3dc 2007-08-06 02:41|| 2007-08-06 02:41|| Front Page Top

#2 D ***ng it, so does this mean CARS PLUS commercial and its missing asteroid graphic is off the hook, and that the Cylon Babes from Battlestar Galactica lied when they said heavenly retributions will begin to descend on the world one yarn after the guy from Guam sees explosions in space??? NAKED LLOYD BRIDGES > D *** it, THAT PUTS MY PANTIES IN A WAD!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-06 03:03|| 2007-08-06 03:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Joe, you've lost me there. My Joe-fish's not working again. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-06 03:08|| 2007-08-06 03:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Blackmail them? With videos of girls walking around fully clothed? Va va voom...

Posted by gromky 2007-08-06 07:44|| 2007-08-06 07:44|| Front Page Top

#5 This is just an internal Islamic thing. "Allah" is just another name for Satan. It just a Sunni/Shia thing.

Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-08-06 09:05|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-08-06 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 "Pleased ta meetchoo, hope ya guessed my name!"

Posted by Albemarle Glulet4077 2007-08-06 10:50|| 2007-08-06 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Another Captain and Tenniel concert shut down. Oh, the humanity!

PS: Most excellent Georges Melies graphic, Fred.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-06 12:34|| 2007-08-06 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 These people are sure not rocket scientists.
There is a reason for a sober look out and cell phones...

Posted by CB 2007-08-06 16:58|| 2007-08-06 16:58|| Front Page Top

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