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Iran Focus
 Hamedan, Iran, Sep. 25 –
State Security Forces (SSF) in the western city of Hamedan have announced
that they would crack down on people eating in public during the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan.
Flyers distributed across the city by the SSF and the Ministry of Justice
state that anyone spotted to be eating food in public would be arrested and handed
over for prosecution.
Residents told Iran Focus that they had been threatened by agents of the SSF
that they would be forced to dig graves as punishment for eating in public.
The punishment is meant to force those arrested to consider the prospect of
death and the afterlife in order to refrain from breaching Islamic
regulations.
The month of Ramadan, which started on Monday in Iran and will last until October,
is the period during which all healthy Muslims are required to fast during
daylight.
In previous years, people caught eating in public in Iran during
the holy month have been flogged in public or sentenced to jail time
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