NCRI – Three boys were arrested by the State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police –for chewing gum in Mardom Park in the western city of Hamadan.
The three were detained on the charges of "eating in public" in the month of Ramadan. The boys were not old enough even by the mullahs' own laws for refraining from eating in public. Mullahs' penal code set the legal age for boys at 15 and for girls nine.
Three weeks into the Ramadan in Iran, harsh treatment of those breaking the fast has added to people's problems with the mullahs' regime.
In a figure given by the deputy chief of the SSF on September 9, nearly 26,000 citizens have already received warning citations for breaking their fast in the streets.
In a directive issued a few days before Ramadan, the SSF ruled that no one is allowed to consume food or beverages in public.
