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Radiofarda – An Iranian Judiciary official on Thursday said 135 young men and women “whose appearance resembled devil worshipers” were arrested in the suburbs of the capital Tehran.
Iranian authorities consider certain types of clothing, paraphernalia and accessories such as those with Gothic symbols as well as body art and rap, rock, and Metallica music as signs of “Satanism”.
According to the Prosecutor of Damavand city west of Tehran, “the 135 girls and boys” who were arrested at a party in an industrial shed wore “devil worship symbols”.
The youth were in possession of mind-altering drugs, knives, and sabres and “committed other illegal activities such as bearing tattoos”, he said and added that some of them are in detention and others have been freed after providing the required guarantees.
Damavand is a county an hour away from the capital where well-to-do Tehranis often hold parties away from the eagle eyes of the morality police, in secluded opulent villas dispersed around the mountains and hills. Those who are not lucky enough to have villas often opt for abandoned industrial sheds and fruit orchards.
