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Last update - 14:49 15/04/2008 Tehran police chief caught nude with 6 women in underground brothel By The Associated Press Tags: Iran, sex scandal Tehran's police chief, who was in charge of fighting vice, has been taken to jail and his case is currently under investigation, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday. But the spokesman, Ali Reza Jamshidi, refused to elaborate further about the case which has caught wide public attention in Iran, saying it is now in the legal stage. Jamshidi said he was not authorized to provide more information. Advertisement Local media have reported that the police chief, Gen. Reza Zarei, was taken to jail after he was caught last month with six nude women by a police raid on an underground local brothel. He was also forced to resign. Local Web sites have also extensively reported the case in recent weeks. Officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, have also confirmed the reported arrest circumstances. Prostitution is illegal in Iran and even talking about sex is frowned upon by hard-line clerics ruling Iran. The order to raid the alleged brothel was reportedly given directly by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah MahmoudHashemi Shahroudi. Zarei was in charge of a program to clean cities from corruption and in recent months had reported arrests of young men and women for illicit relationship or not respecting the Islamic dress code. State media in recent weeks reported Zarei's replacement but made no mention of his arrest or the reasons that led to his detention since such issues are considered a taboo in Iran. Iran's strict Islamic rules allow little socializing between the sexes, and young Iranians have been jailed and flogged for dancing together at birthday parties. For years, the hard-line clergy that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution painted a rosy picture of the Iranian society, never admitting to vices such as prostitution, which under Iranian law could be punishable by death. But in the past decade, authorities have acknowledged that prostitution was a fact and is even spreading in Iran. Prostitutes are becoming more and more visible on the streets, mainly due to economic hardships. The rise in prostitution has led to suggestions that brothels be legalized and monitored. Some Iranians say brothels could be run according to Islamic rules, presumably under a Shiite Muslim tradition in which men and women are allowed to have temporary marriages - sometimes less than 24 hours. Most clerics, though, scoff at the idea that sex outside marriage can ever be condoned by Islam. After the 1979 revolution, clerics destroyed brothels as un-Islamic and corrupting. 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Rising in the polls New survey finds Nasrallah is the most admired leader in the Arab world.   1.   THAT`S FUNNY! 15:13  |  Iskander 15/04/08   2.   Iranian General," marries" 6 ladies of the night, ! 15:22  |  Stephen. 15/04/08   3.   WHO WAS THERE?? 15:25  |  Kooky Dennt 15/04/08   4.   The corruption of Islam has reached new heights in Iran 15:36  |  Michael J 15/04/08   5.   So what? 15:38  |  Edith 15/04/08   6.   sympathy 15:44  |  Iranian 15/04/08   7.   Actually, if more Iranians would do this 15:15  |  Nechama 15/04/08   8.   Iran prepares 15:59  |  K 15/04/08   9.   Not as funny as the kibbutzniks raping the Swedish tourists 16:21  |  Natallie Durson 15/04/08   10.   to #6 Edith 17:03  |  Iroonee 15/04/08   11.   Another Elliot Spitzer! 17:12  |  lakshmi 15/04/08   12.   This is so funny...except for the death penalty 17:18  |  Lynn 15/04/08   13.   I will probably deny everything I post 17:22  |  Natalie Durson 15/04/08   14.   response to Natallie #11 17:36  |  nina 15/04/08   15.   Why this fuss over upholding "monogamy"...?! 17:38  |  Esther 15/04/08   16.   disappointed in Iran now 17:46  |  peter 15/04/08   17.   Re Natallie #11... extenuating circumstances... 17:47  |  Esther 15/04/08   18.   Typical Hypocrites Run Iran 17:51  |  Yosemite 15/04/08   19.   How could there possibly be an investigation and trial... 17:53  |  Analyst 15/04/08   20.   Shouldn`t he be stoned on the spot??? 17:54  |  Claudia 15/04/08   21.   Natalie 18:11  |  Marc 15/04/08   22.   Tehran Police Chief A Culture Hero 18:20  |  Yosemite 15/04/08   23.   I actually had something funny to say 18:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/04/08   24.   Marc - LA, re: Natallie Durson 18:30  |  Michael 15/04/08   25.   #11 natalie Durson tell us about liberating California 18:31  |  Robert/Montreal 15/04/08   26.   This guy even outdid ex-Governor Spitzer! Congratulations 18:48  |  Great performance! 15/04/08   27.   #10 Iroonee 18:49  |  Edith 15/04/08   28.   Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts-absolutely. 18:53  |  Eliot Spitzer 15/04/08   29.   What Manner of Death Shall Be Applied to This Transgression? 21:27  |  MIKE 15/04/08   30.   No Wonder They Outnumber Us 03:52  |  Yosemite 16/04/08   31.   #9 NUTallie - That was an "Allegation" 00:28  |  * BEN JABO 17/04/08   32.   #30 MIKE - The uisual penalty for adultery is 00:33  |  * BEN JABO 17/04/08   33.   Teheran Police Chief - Must be some STUD 02:30  |  Ibn Musa 17/04/08

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