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NCRI –\u00a0On Friday, November 4, Iranian regime\u2019s police chief in Dezful (Khuzestan province) announced that 11 girls and 12 boys were arrested in connection with a \u201cprivate mixed – gender party\u201d held in a garden in Dezful. He said these boys and girls on the eve of Arbaeen (a religious ceremony in Iran) committed \u201cnorm-breaking\u201d by holding a mixed-gender ceremony.<\/p>\n
According to the state-run Mehr news agency, Ali Elhami, the police chief in Dezful stated on Friday: \u201cLast night we received a news that 11 girls and 12 boys committed \u2018norm-breaking\u2019 by renting a garden in Ben-Jafar county in Dezful and holding a dance party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing preliminary investigation, this morning the police arrested these people upon a judiciary order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cDezful law enforcement acted on the judiciary order and sealed this garden and arrested 11 girls and 12 boys for participating in the illegal event that violated sharia law,\u201d Ali Elhami said and added \u201cthe owner of the garden who already committed a crime by renting the garden to these people was also identified and arrested and his garden was sealed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, the head of the so-called \u201cpromotion of virtue and prevention of vice\u201d headquarters in Dezful told the news agency: \u201cIn the first five months of 2016, some 400 people have been arrested for breaking norms in recreational and resort areas in Dezful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iran’s clerical regime officials refer to \u201cmixed-gender, night parties\u201d as one of the \u201csocial damages (pathologies)\u201d and an example of “cultural aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"