Source: Breitbart, 22 Dec 2017
Iranian police raided two large parties in Tehran and arrested 230 people for drinking and dancing on Thursday night.
“Drinking alcohol and mixed parties of unrelated men and women are illegal and considered a sin under Islamic law in Iran,” explains the Associated Press, which notes that some “psychotropic drugs” were confiscated along with alcohol from the parties.
Iran has been battling a massive drug problem, particularly with opium imported from Afghanistan. Young, educated women are among the fastest-growing demographic of drug abusers. Iranian youth are said to have become very adept at throwing underground parties where drugs and alcohol can be consumed. They have even developed a smartphone app that helps them avoid the Ershad morality police, using crowdsourced data to track the movement of police vehicles and issue alerts.
