Posted on 08/05/2007 3:12:09 PM PDT by humint
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has arrested more than 200 western music fans attending a rock concert on grounds they were breaking the country's strict Islamic Sharia law, local media and witnesses said Sunday.
Calls to authorities were not immediately returned on Sunday, but the public prosecutor in Karaj, Ali Farhadi, said Saturday that about 230 people were arrested during the underground concert, which he described as "satanic."
"Most of them were wealthy young people who were not aware of the satanic nature of the concert," Farhadi told state television.
"A female singer, who was performing, and some rock and Rap music bands were among the detained," Farhadi told television. He said concert organizers had told young people to attend if they were eager to learn how "devil worshippers" perform music.
Boys and girls mingled and danced together during the concert, and some of the women were not wearing the modest clothing and Islamic headscarf required by law, media also said.
Concert organizers were not available for comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...
satanic concert organizers are usually hard to find in Iran after their den of evil is exposed by the spiritual gestapo.
Yep. The road to hell starts with Pat Boone singing “Tutti Frutti”.
Understatement of the day.
Sounds like a great place for Gore to have one of his sacred “Live Earth” concerts....or what ever they are.
lol...I see. So now that these formerly ignorant young people are aware that rock n' roll is "satanic" they'll turn away from this evil and start grooving to Islamic prayer chants instead.
If the Iranians were serious about arresting everyone involved in Satanic activities, three quarters of the population, and the entire government, would be in prison.
You realy are naive aren’t you. The Iranian populace do not subcribe to the nut job running the country right now.
Where is Kevin Bacon when we need him? (Foot Loose)
I guess it’s a pretty safe bet that Jimmy Buffett won’t be playing a show in Tehran any time soon ... I mean, they’d go ape over the coconut bras and grass skirts (on the guys)!
I guess it’s a pretty safe bet that Jimmy Buffett won’t be playing a show in Tehran any time soon ... I mean, they’d go ape over the coconut bras and grass skirts (on the guys)!
[Source Excerpt] The high priority of implementing these new “security measures” was made clear in a July 2007 interview with the director of Iran’s prison system, Ali Akbar Yessaqi, who spoke with Iran’s state-controlled news agency (ISNA). In his interview, Yessaqi conceded the existence of the regime’s secret prisons [torture centers] for political prisoners, the execution of juveniles and the policy of making arbitrary arrests, and also reported that Tehran is building 41 new prisons in Iran.
“You realy are naive aren’t you. The Iranian populace do not subcribe to the nut job running the country right now.”
If you really believe that, then I’d say it’s you who are naive; however, believe what you will.
I guess you don’t remember what Iran was like back in the 70’s when the Shah was still in power and what it was like after Jimmy Carter sold him down the river.
We should unleash our most potent weapons on the islamonazis: drugs, sex, and rock’n’roll! When the kids start laughing at the mullahs, we win.
Yep, they are headed down the road to ruin.
Actually, I remember it well; I was there. And it was a loooong time ago, my friend. The US was a different country, then, too. Most nations were. The world has changed significantly, and not for the better.
You know .... I hear that stated a lot. I just don't know if it's true or not. I would agree that the Iranian college kids do not subscribe to the nut job.... but I'm not sure how much of the population they represent.
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