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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Nov. 13 –
Iran’s
para-military policemen paraded seven handcuffed
men around for several hours as a way to punish them for “making trouble”,
the country’s state-run press reported on Sunday.
The youths, who were paraded on foot in their local residences of Tonkabon, Nashtaroud, Abbas-Abad, and Salman-Shahr,
were accused of various crimes including spreading fear in society and
“causing trouble”.
The country’s judiciary had sentenced the young men to be paraded and the
displays were carried out in the presence of police and local political
officials.
Iranian authorities frequently parade youths, forced to sit backwards on
donkeys, in their local neighbourhoods so as to
embarrass and humiliate them.
Such punishments are often used for petty crimes such as alcohol
consumption, disregarding nightly curfews, and disrespect towards security
agents.
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