Iran: Frauen verhaftet – weil sie Motorrad fuhren

„Two women have been arrested for breaking ‚revolutionary norms and values‘ after being filmed riding a motorbike in Iran. Officials in the city of Dezful said they had ‚exploited the opportunity‘ presented by a lack of police in a national park to commit an ‚obscene act‘ worsened by the spread of footage online.

Colonel Ali Elhami, a local police commander, told the state-controlled IRNA news agency the women ‚committed an action against revolutionary norms and values by riding a motorcycle‘. ‚This manifested the utmost denunciation of religious norms by the two girls and caused serious torment and anxiety among city officials,‘ he said on Wednesday. ‚The state security forces carried out an extensive investigation and finally managed to find, arrest, and deliver them to judiciary officials.‘“ (Lizzie Dearden: „Two women arrested after being filmed riding motorbike in Iran“)