Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Internet crackdown

The Iranian crackdown on freedom continues against its subjects. I use the term subject because the people of Iran are the subjects of a fanatical Islamic theocracy, not free citizens of a free country.
FROM REUTERS.COM:
Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Internet crackdown
Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:15pm IST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behaviour in the Islamic state, official media said on Sunday.
The action in Tehran province was the latest move in a campaign against fashion and other practices deemed incompatible with Islamic values, including women flouting strict dress codes and barber shops offering men Western hair styles.
"Using immoral computer games, storing obscene photos ... and the presence of women wearing improper hijab were among the reasons why they have been closed down," Colonel Nader Sarkari, a provincial police commander, said.
Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidency in 2005, promising a return to the values of the 1979 Islamic revolution, hardliners have pressed for tighter controls on "immoral behaviour".
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