Iranian police announced Friday they arrested more than 250 people including three foreigners over promoting “satanism” west of capital Tehran, state media reported.
“The Police Information Center announced the identification, dismantling, and widespread arrest of members of the satanist network,” IRNA state news agency reported, citing a police statement.
Police arrested “146 men and 115 women” who “were in an undesirable and obscene condition with emblems, signs, and symbols of satanism on their clothes, head, face, and hair,” the statement said.
“Three European citizens” were also arrested during the police operation in Shahryar city, west of Tehran on Thursday night.
“Symbols of satanism, alcoholic beverages and psychoactive substances along with 73 vehicles were seized” during the raid, police added in the statement.
