Monday, July 14, 2014

Two Iranians flogged for eating during Ramadan

(Shiraz) Two men have been flogged in public in the south-central Iranian city of Shiraz for eating during fasting hours in the holy month of Ramadan.


The police chief of Iran's Fars Province, Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, was quoted by Iranian media on July 13 as saying that each of the men received 80 lashes. Goudarzi said eating in public during Ramadan is a crime that is forbidden by Islamic law. He warned that the police will act against violators according to the law.