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Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
January 31, 2023 at 3:14 pm
Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
An Iranian couple in their 20s have been given jail sentences totalling 10 years after posting a video of themselves dancing in the street.
They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-...gn=KARANGA
What an utterly miserable place it must be, any expression of joy or pleasure is forbidden, how (and why) do people put up with it?
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
January 31, 2023 at 3:49 pm
(January 31, 2023 at 3:14 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
An Iranian couple in their 20s have been given jail sentences totalling 10 years after posting a video of themselves dancing in the street.
They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-...gn=KARANGA
What an utterly miserable place it must be, any expression of joy or pleasure is forbidden, how (and why) do people put up with it?
Someone should call Kevin Bacon.
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
January 31, 2023 at 6:17 pm
I'm confused by the prostitution charges. Who paid who for what?
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
January 31, 2023 at 7:12 pm
Yeah, this is really bordering on the Iranian government being a cliche villain from a bad Disney cartoon.
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 2, 2023 at 7:48 am
Here is the video:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1620756939281145858
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 2, 2023 at 10:41 am
(January 31, 2023 at 6:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I'm confused by the prostitution charges. Who paid who for what?
(January 31, 2023 at 7:12 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Yeah, this is really bordering on the Iranian government being a cliche villain from a bad Disney cartoon.
Which would be illegal to watch in Iran.
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 3, 2023 at 4:31 am
(February 2, 2023 at 10:41 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (January 31, 2023 at 6:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I'm confused by the prostitution charges. Who paid who for what?
(January 31, 2023 at 7:12 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Yeah, this is really bordering on the Iranian government being a cliche villain from a bad Disney cartoon.
Which would be illegal to watch in Iran.
One weird fact about Iran is that it not forbidden to watch US made cartoons, series, video clips etc. In fact the state television is even broadcasting them (probably after cutting the scenes in which a man and a woman is kissing one another). So it is not illegal to watch the video-clip bellow in the IRI:
https://youtu.be/CS9OO0S5w2k?t=6
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 6, 2023 at 2:52 pm
(January 31, 2023 at 6:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I'm confused by the prostitution charges. Who paid who for what?
Prostitution.
In Iranian law this is a word with a legal meaning that isn't the same than in Western countries (There are small differences between jurisdictions of the Western world).
Each jurisdictions have words to define things.
For example , in the majority of English speaking countries we use the term "First degree murder" for the act of assassination.
Assassination is a murder that was prepared before committing the act.
In most places , assassination means what said above for the legal definition of this word.
Each jurisdictions have its definition of what constitute "First degree murder" or the equivalent term.
Each jurisdictions have its legislation and regulation. What is legal in a place can be illegal in another place.
For example , gay sex between consenting adult is legal everywhere in Western world but it's illegal in many countries like Burundi , Cooks Island (Law prohibiting homosexual practice between males is de facto not enforced) , Iran etc...
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 6, 2023 at 3:32 pm
(February 6, 2023 at 2:52 pm)viocjit Wrote: (January 31, 2023 at 6:17 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I'm confused by the prostitution charges. Who paid who for what?
Prostitution.
In Iranian law this is a word with a legal meaning that isn't the same than in Western countries (There are small differences between jurisdictions of the Western world).
Each jurisdictions have words to define things.
For example , in the majority of English speaking countries we use the term "First degree murder" for the act of assassination.
Assassination is a murder that was prepared before committing the act.
In most places , assassination means what said above for the legal definition of this word.
Each jurisdictions have its definition of what constitute "First degree murder" or the equivalent term.
Each jurisdictions have its legislation and regulation. What is legal in a place can be illegal in another place.
For example , gay sex between consenting adult is legal everywhere in Western world but it's illegal in many countries like Burundi , Cooks Island (Law prohibiting homosexual practice between males is de facto not enforced) , Iran etc...
That certainly clears things up. 
What does 'prostitution' mean in Iranian law?
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RE: Iran dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence
February 6, 2023 at 4:37 pm
This has to be prostitution.
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