In what has the potential of leaving you both, disturbed and horrified, an Iranian women recently opened up about being treated to at least 80 lashes on her back. Why? Well, she committed the 'crime' of attending a party with male guests.
Former journalist, Masih Alinejad--whose Facebook page, bats for the long overdue freedom Iranian women deserve--shared the 28-year-old, anonymous woman's story on social media.
Reportedly, the women committed the above-mentioned 'crime' two years ago when she attended a party in the Iranian city of Mashhad.
Alinejad's Facebook post--that is a part of her #NoToLashes social media movement--describes the incident in detail and mentions how after initially being arrested for consuming alcohol, the woman in question was asked to strip and subsequently, whipped 80 times in a row.
"I will never forget the moment when the security forces stormed the house. Without even showing us any warrant, they raced into the house and they were all males. We were first [forcibly] taken to the police station in the neighbourhood. Afterwards, they took us to a clinic to test how much alcohol we had consumed. Then, we were driven off to a horrid place run by female officers where their treatment of us was actually worse than how males were treated," the post has the woman as saying.
She also mentions how the female officers asked her to strip and taunted her for being dressed 'inappropriately.'
"When I objected by telling her that I was not feeling comfortable with the idea of taking off my clothes in front of her, she responded with a belittling tone: 'Really? You do not seem to be uncomfortable to remove your clothes in front of guys'."
After being detained for two days and "signing the required papers" the woman was summoned two years later for the final verdict: "80 lashes for having consumed alcohol and having gone to a place to participate in sinful (haram) activities."|
What subsequently turns into a vivid description of the lashing, ends with the woman questioning the legitimacy of the entire incident.
"Outside of the prison, a dear friend was waiting and she was shedding tears for me. As I saw her, I wanted to scream, not out of pain, but because of the insults that I suffered at the hands of those agents. The nasty words that they uttered during the entire ordeal are indescribable. What is more shocking is that this is happening to me in my own country. Where in the world would people be exposed to such an objectionable treatment for being happy, for celebrating your friend's birthday?"
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