Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' ( abcnews.go.com )

Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday.

The report said the suspects were arrested on Thursday night in Shahryar County, west of the capital of Tehran, for “spreading the culture of satanism and nudity.” It did not elaborate.

It was not clear how such a large number of arrests were made in one night — if the suspects were in one location, at some gathering or party, or not.

Gatherings where unrelated men and women are seen together are illegal in Iran and considered a sin under Islamic law.

assassin_aragorn ,

A nice reminder that we'd all be better off without Iran's theocracy which supports terrorists for proxy fights. A democratic Republic by and for the Iranian people would be a major step towards lasting peace in the middle east

prole ,
@prole@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yeah if only they had their own secular, democratically elected leaders. And maybe those leaders could even decide to nationalize their oil.

What could possibly go wrong for them?

assassin_aragorn ,

Yeaahhhh...

TokenBoomer ,

Whoosh

assassin_aragorn ,

That's... That's my point. My comment is lamenting the fact that Iran had that, and then the West fucked it up.

TokenBoomer ,

Did I just whoosh myself? Well played. Now I’ll have to take some time to reflect on this.

assassin_aragorn ,

Unfortunately I'm afraid you did. And unfortunately I'm obligated to say "Congratulations, you played yourself."

Belastend ,

Just to spread the good news: Irans President died in a helicopter crash today

CluckN ,

Woah is he confirmed dead? I heard there was a search ongoing but no confirmation.

Burn_The_Right ,

Maybe he'll survive long enough to be eaten alive by wolves.

jordanlund Mod ,
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May be premature. Crash site has not been found yet.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-president-raisis-helicopter-crashes-search-rescue-efforts-underwa-rcna152970

Naturally Iranian state media is calling it "a hard landing".

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/19/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-hard-landing-state-tv

iturnedintoanewt ,

According to BBC (10min ago now), it now has been found, and The head of Iran's Red Crescent society has told state TV that the situation is not "good".
I guess that's all they're willing to say for now.

Wahots ,
@Wahots@pawb.social avatar

A very hard landing, NYT reported that he beefed it. Which is unsurprising considering they went down in extrmely heavy fog and rain while flying over a remote mountain range. You're just asking for trouble at that point.

aeronmelon ,

satanism and nudity

Oh my god, that's awful. Where?

llamapocalypse ,

Yeah, so I can totally avoid it!

hime0321 ,

Yeah, I would hate seeing those nude sexy satanists. They better stay away from my house, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500.

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