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Iranian mountain police to fight ski slope vice
Tehran |Reuters |
Iran has set up its first mountain police units to patrol the ski slopes and enforce the country's strict Islamic law on separation of the sexes, the conservative Kayhan daily reported yesterday. Skiing resorts close to the capital Tehran have in recent years become a favourite venue for rich young Iranians to meet away from the prying eyes of conservatives.
"The trained police will warn or confront skiers over any immoral act they might witness," the paper said. The mountain police force, composed of men and women on skis, will also assist injured skiers, the daily added.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, unmarried Iranian men and women have been forbidden to socialise in public places. Before the election of moderate President Mohammed Khatami in 1997 ski slopes were strictly segregated according to sex.
Now that I know they have skiing in Iran, I am all for an invasion.