Sunday, November 04, 2007

Iran: students

Iranian police said they arrested Thursday in the city of Karai
32 students at a party.
ISNA wrote that the commander of Tehran province’s security police said that "11 girls and 21 boys for drinking alcoholic drinks and being half-naked" were arrested.
He added that the raid came after a tip-off and that the students were celebrating after one of them had won a medal in an international competition.
Less than 2 months ago police arrested 20 young people in a raid on a party in the same city, which was also the site of an illegal rock concert last week when 230 were detained.
Mixed-sex parties are illegal in Iran. It is also forbidden to consume alcohol in public or private and attend gatherings with improperly clad members of the opposite sex. Dancing to Western music is also disapproved.


Thousands of Iranians gathered November 4th to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in 1979 in Tehran by student radicals.
A crowd, composed mainly of schoolchildren bussed in to central Tehran, gathered outside the site of the former US embassy,
In Iran this day is celebrated as National Day against the Global Arrogance. In various cities have rallies taken place with people protesting f.i. against G.W.Bush.



Three students who were detained earlier this week participating in demonstrations at Tehran’s Allameh University have been transferred to Ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison.
Arman Sedaqati, Behnam Sepehrmand, and Maziar Samiee briefly contacted their families by phone late on Wednesday, informing them of their transfer.
It is unclear as of yet what charges they will face.

In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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