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| Court orders actress jugged for a kiss... |
| 2002-10-03 |
| A court has ordered the arrest of a prominent Iranian actress on charges of "acts against public virtue" after she kissed a young director during a local film festival. Oh, horrors! Quick, Ethel! My pills! Etemad said 47-year-old star Gowhar Kheirandish was ordered to appear in court in the central city of Yazd following the summoning of the other party in the film fest's award ceremony kiss, Ali Zamani. Yazd was rocked by protests after the show of affection there last week. "Hey! Some woman kissed a guy over at the theater!" "Yar! Get a rope!" Contact between unmarried or unrelated men and women is strictly prohibited in Islamic Iran, as is any public display of affection between members of the opposite sex. ... so are laughing, smiling, chuckling and any other display of frivolty or mirth... Etemad said that Ali Zamani, who was a student of the actress' late husband, has already been charged and freed on 20 million bail. Serves 'im right, the degenerate! Imagine — being kissed by a... a... a woman! "I was nominated for the best young filmmaker and Mrs Kheiransdish was called to give me the award," Zamani told the paper. "Impressed by speeches concerning her husband, she shook hands with me and kissed my forehead like a mother." He described her as "a prominent artist for Iranian society and a mother to me." A mother! Oh, the Islamic shame! On Wednesday the paper reported that Mohammad Ali Pakdel, a Yazd culture ministry official, had been arrested, photographed and fingerprinted and then freed on bail for helping the two to flee the city. "Quick! Out of town! The ayatollahs are coming! Here — put this over your lips!" The charges followed a call by Hojatoleslam Mohasen Talebpour, the local representative of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for legal action to be taken. "Sin. Degeneracy. Humor. Emotions. All are forbidden by Allah. Kill the infidels...." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 these ridiculous crackdowns only serve to show how tenuous the Mullah's hold is on the people. If they were confident of their control, they wouldn't have to act like hyperactive high school hall monitors. Ripe for an overthrow |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-10-03 16:12:41 |