{"id":123674,"date":"2021-05-04T13:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=123674"},"modified":"2021-05-04T13:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:02:06","slug":"iranian-authorities-break-up-mixed-gender-party-arrest-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/iranian-authorities-break-up-mixed-gender-party-arrest-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian authorities break up mixed-gender party, arrest 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police arrested 16 men and women at a mixed-gender party in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Such parties are illegal under Iranian law. Drinking alcohol in is also illegal and Muslim men and women who are not related cannot mingle or dance together in public.<\/p>\n
The Tasnim report quotes a local prosecutor, Khalilollah Barzanuni, as saying that the 16 were detained while they were dancing at a party in a villa in Golbahar, a neighborhood in the city of Golmakan.<\/p>\n
Barzanuni also said they drank alcohol and disrespected a Muslim commemoration during the holy month of Ramadan. Shiites in Iran on Tuesday marked the death of the first Shiite, Imam Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n