Iran: 99 lashes, cost of graduation party
It happens behind closed doors in Iran all the time: Young
people get together to play music, flirt and generally relax, hidden away from
hard-liners who definitely would not approve. Mostly, the parties wrap up
without incident: the guys cleaning up any incriminating clues, the girls
putting their headscarves back on. Then they all go their separate ways.
This time,
however, someone tipped off authorities that a group of students was throwing a
bash to celebrate graduation. More than 30 were taken into custody. Their
punishment: 99 lashes each.
The report
by Iran’s Mizan News Agency gave no details about the students, their ages,
their school, or when the arrests took place. But it noted that lashings were
carried out with almost unprecedented swiftness: within less than 24 hours
after officials raided the villa on the outskirts of Qazvin, a small city about
80 miles northwest of Tehran.
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