Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity'

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.

DarkCloud,

Wow, just when their president dies… What a coincidence.

shasta,

260 nude satanists sounds like a great time to me

werefreeatlast,

… meanwhile at burning man Iran…

yrmitz,

So it was satan who’s fault that helicopter crash was.

werefreeatlast,

It was the Jesus nut I’m telling you!

bstix,

We’ll probably never get to know what caused it. It doesn’t seem like they’ll be doing an investigation at all.

Anyway: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_nut

werefreeatlast,

I posted about the Jesus nut in another comment and I’m down by -30 now. The Jesus nut is really real guys! And if you are flying a heli and that nut goes, you say “Jesus”. Unless you are way up there and you get to swear a few times and think a couple of thoughts before meeting planet earth at 200mph head on.

hungryphrog,

Spreading satanism and nudity rules.

fiercekitten,

I do it every day!

Valmond,

Can we let them come to the west instead?

Blackmist,

Sounds like Iranian leaders are in need of more helicopter rides.

rottingleaf,

All leaders

UnderpantsWeevil,
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One likely fueling the other. Between the near open war with Israel and a satanic panic, I’m sure Iran was rife with conspiracy theory and QAnon style hysteria before their President pancaked into a mountain.

I can’t imagine the reactionary elements in the country growing any less paranoid and superstitious in the wake of the crash.

FuglyDuck,
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So… it’s fine if it’s my cousin?

Allero,

To gather - yes

To serve Satan - no :D

FuglyDuck,
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so. Alabama is a bunch of very fine people then? and Kentucky.

FlyingSquid,
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Only serve Satan with immediate family members. They’re closer to your knives and he likes the taste more.

cosmicrookie,
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Its like they are the US but 10 years in the future

UnderpantsWeevil,
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Satanic Panic has a strong 1980s vibe. A country the size and industrial scale of Germany with the politics of the West Texas town of Bomont from the movie Footloose.

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

Miaou,

Stop using the word democratic to mean western aligned. The west has no trouble financing terrorist groups, and the reason democratic countries cannot stay so if they don’t bend to Washington is not happenstance. The first step to a democratic Iran might well be a USA civil war.

assassin_aragorn,

No I legitimately mean a democracy by and for the people. If they decide they want to be in opposition to the West, I’m totally fine with that. That’s the whole point of self sovereignty. I just want the people to decide their own fates, because by all accounts, the theocracy and misogyny and brutal crackdown on protests are not popular.

UnderpantsWeevil, (edited )
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If they decide they want to be in opposition to the West, I’m totally fine with that.

I’m sure you would, but the Allen Dulles Fan Club in Langley might feel otherwise.

I just want the people to decide their own fates

We don’t get to decide our own fates. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.

One consequence of the chronic paranoia and endless infighting created by persistent foreign infiltration, sabotage, and “regime change” efforts is a very closely knit administrative body. Theocracies form out of the heat and pressure of these outside forces, as locals lean into superstition and xenophobia to insulate them from outside agitators.

If you want the hedgehog to uncurl, maybe stop poking it with a fucking stick.

assassin_aragorn,

I have my doubts that the locals are supportive of the regime.

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, I’m a Houstonian in a liberal neighborhood and I have to search to find folks who are big fans of the Greg Abbott regime. But if I move a county over, I find them in spades.

rottingleaf,

Only if there were no Israel/Turkey/Azerbaijan. Iran is actually a stabilizing factor in the sense that it opposes that evil.

assassin_aragorn,

I’m guessing you also think the Houthi rebels had the moral high ground in attacking commercial civilian ships of African and Asian workers?

rottingleaf,

I’m guessing blockade is an act of war which Houthis didn’t start.

assassin_aragorn,

Oh that totally justifies attacking civilians and workers on cargo ships, good point! Poor brown people who aren’t related to the blockade should have to suffer to stick it to Saudi Arabia and the West.

/s

rottingleaf,

If blockade hurts Saudis and the West enough to raise Houthis’ chances of survival, it’s justified. Sarcastic tone is not an argument and I’m not your enemy.

assassin_aragorn,

Mm. Fair enough. I just don’t trust their intentions.

prole,

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, (edited )

Unfortunately I’m afraid you did. And unfortunately I’m obligated to say “Congratulations, you played yourself.”

EDIT: I do appreciate you saying that though!

UnderpantsWeevil,
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Nassar’s Egypt, Mosaddegh’s Iran, Sankara’s Burkino Faso, Obote’s Uganda, Lumumba’s Congo, Trujillo’s Dominican Republic, Sukarno’s Indonesia (Read the Jakarta Method folks), Goulart’s Brazil, Arbenz’s Guatamala, Guardia’s Costa Rica, Allende’s Chile…

I don’t know what it is, but democratically elected leaders in countries that pursued an unaligned status just have a habit of getting couped by reactionary members of their militaries for some crazy reason.

afraid_of_zombies,

It is always awful to see what happens when a religion like Islam does when it takes over.

secretlyaddictedtolinux,

I am guessing “satanism and nudity” means LGBT people, and I am guessing it means a gathering of gay people, most of them dressed but some shirtless.

Allero,

Men and women were equally represented, so that must’ve been a gathering of all if that’s the case.

secretlyaddictedtolinux,

there could be lesbians there. i still think “satanism and nudity” probably means they are arresting LGBT people, but it’s hard to know

Socsa,

That’s just the multipolar world kicking in.

CanadaPlus,

Damn, I never get invited to the cool parties. /s

Allero,

Imagine doing “satanic stuff” right outside Tehran

CanadaPlus,

Amateur move. Everyone knows bedroom communities are less tolerant than the core. /s

Jafoo, (edited )

Was anyone else aware that nudity isn’t simply a case of undress, but a virus, which can be spread like chickenpox? I sure as hell wasn’t, prior to reading this story

Kolanaki,
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“Oh no! I’ve been struck by the nudity virus! Nobody look! NOBODY LOOK!”

Jafoo,

Emily Ratajkowski has BEEN so afflicted for over a decade now. Hasn’t prevented anyone from eyeing her up and down

Jimmyeatsausage,

“Even the babies are being born now… completely nude! It’s unimaginable”

Jafoo,

“Soon, millions across the land will be showering, sleeping, and fucking, all without any clothes on. It’ll be the worst human catastrophe since The Black Plague swept across the medieval world!!!”

Buddahriffic,

Won’t anyone think of the cutoff jeans industry!?

Jafoo,

First they came for low rise jeans, and I did not speak out—because I’m more of a breast man than an ass man

Then they came for the mini-skirts, and I did not speak out—because I don’t wear skirts myself

Then they came for the bikini, and I did not speak out—because the corner of the globe I live in has 3 distinct seasons, and I don’t currently live near the shore

Then they kicked in the door while I was showering, and hauled me off to prison—and there was no one left to speak for me, or practicioners of nudity more generally

fiercekitten,

I read that babies are being born nude now!

Jafoo,

Damn straight!!! Roe V Wade getting the chop here in The US has just exacerbated this plague even further

Burn_The_Right,

Conservatives cannot resist harming, torturing or killing innocent, vulnerable people. This behavior is just unchecked conservatism doing what it naturally does.

There is no such thing as a “good conservative”. There never has been.

rotkehle,

completely agree with your words.

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