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Iranian Youth Arrested for Playing with Squirtguns
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Young Iranians arrested for playing with
squirt guns committing "treasonous acts"
squirt guns committing "treasonous acts"
Iranian teens are prevented by the Mullahs and from having "water wars"
The call to bring waterguns to a park for some fun went out on Facebook. Very rapidly, some 1000 teens
turned up at Tehran's Abo Atash Park -- both girls and boys.
Before going any further, there were two things going on to annoy and challenge the authorities:
The police interrogation included demands of to where the squirt gun were purchased and, according to
reports, government agents then went to those stores to see if any of the toy weapons were manufactured in
the United States! Apparently they were either from Iran itself or from China.
Some of the young people were pictured on Iranian television confessing to playing with waterpistols!
"This is a warning to young people that we will not accept these types of organized activities and unacceptable
behavior anywhere in our country,” Roozbehani continued.
Tehran's chief of police, Hossein Sajedinia, states that the young people behaved "abnormally" and, in playing
and having fun with water pistols, 'acted against Islamic values.'
Another "serious charge" made by authorities is that, during these waterfights, hejabs (the required Islamic
headscarves) on females participants had been moved back in the excitement, illegally showing the young
women's hairline.
The squirt gun activities by young people began in July and have continued into autumn.
Special thanks to TehranLive.org for use of photos in their research, news report
The call to bring waterguns to a park for some fun went out on Facebook. Very rapidly, some 1000 teens
turned up at Tehran's Abo Atash Park -- both girls and boys.
Before going any further, there were two things going on to annoy and challenge the authorities:
- 1) The use of Facebook: Iran's ultra-conservative leaders are very
jittery about social media since it is now the first tool used by people
wanting to quickly mobilize a group. This was true when Iranians took to
the steets after the recently contested elections...it is true in the Arab
Spring protests...and it is true in the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in the
U.S. The use of Facebook itself has been made illegal in Iran.
- 2) Both boys and girls entered the squirt gun play: This is a big
problem in a nation that prohibits co-ed activities. 70% of Iran's citizens
are under 30 and, by and large, they think that the gender rules are both
silly and oppressive. With such a large segment of the population
opposing government policies, one can understand how the authorities
are so threatened....
- When some of the young people were arrested, the head of Tehran's
"morality police," Ahmad Roozbehani, said, "A mixed-gender event took
place...they had been asked to bring water pistol toys, which most of them
had in hand ... they acted against social norms."
The police interrogation included demands of to where the squirt gun were purchased and, according to
reports, government agents then went to those stores to see if any of the toy weapons were manufactured in
the United States! Apparently they were either from Iran itself or from China.
Some of the young people were pictured on Iranian television confessing to playing with waterpistols!
"This is a warning to young people that we will not accept these types of organized activities and unacceptable
behavior anywhere in our country,” Roozbehani continued.
Tehran's chief of police, Hossein Sajedinia, states that the young people behaved "abnormally" and, in playing
and having fun with water pistols, 'acted against Islamic values.'
Another "serious charge" made by authorities is that, during these waterfights, hejabs (the required Islamic
headscarves) on females participants had been moved back in the excitement, illegally showing the young
women's hairline.
The squirt gun activities by young people began in July and have continued into autumn.
Special thanks to TehranLive.org for use of photos in their research, news report
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Iran has been arresting
young people, for using
Facebook to stage water
fights, squirt gun fights,
even water bottle battles.
The Islamic republic
bans Facebook, and
outlaws gatherings
between young men
and women appearing
together. Iranian police
and Iranian morality
police arrest and
interrogate young adults
for publicly playing with
water pistol rebels.
young people, for using
Facebook to stage water
fights, squirt gun fights,
even water bottle battles.
The Islamic republic
bans Facebook, and
outlaws gatherings
between young men
and women appearing
together. Iranian police
and Iranian morality
police arrest and
interrogate young adults
for publicly playing with
water pistol rebels.