{"id":23796,"date":"2024-06-01T21:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T18:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=23796"},"modified":"2024-06-01T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T18:56:56","slug":"iran-arrests-thirty-five-in-raid-on-satanist-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/iran-arrests-thirty-five-in-raid-on-satanist-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Arrests Thirty-Five in raid on \u2018satanist gathering\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian authorities have arrested 35 people in a raid on a \u201csatanist network gathering\u201d in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, local media reported Saturday.<br \/>\nThe raid took place after police had \u201cidentified the location\u201d of the gathering, which featured \u201csigns and symbols of satanism, alcohol and drugs,\u201d.<br \/>\nRaids on so-called \u201csatanist\u201d gatherings are not uncommon in the deeply conservative country, often targeting parties or concerts with alcohol consumption, which is largely banned in Iran.<br \/>\nA total of \u201c31 men and four women at the venue\u201d were taken into custody and referred to judicial authorities, ISNA said quoting Ruhollah Yaarizadeh, police chief in Khuzestan\u2019s Dezful city.<br \/>\nIn May, police arrested more than 250 people including three Europeans west of the capital Tehran over similar charges.<br \/>\nA 2007 raid on an unauthorized rock concert near Tehran saw some 230 people arrested.<br \/>\nAuthorities in the Shia Muslim-dominated country have in the past branded rock and heavy metal music concerts as \u201csatanist\u201d gatherings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian authorities have arrested 35 people in a raid on a \u201csatanist network gathering\u201d in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, local media reported Saturday. The raid took place after police had \u201cidentified the location\u201d of the gathering, which featured \u201csigns and symbols of satanism, alcohol and drugs,\u201d. Raids on so-called \u201csatanist\u201d gatherings are not uncommon &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23802,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23796\/revisions\/23802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}