NCRI – Yahya Mohammad-Zadeh, the mullahs' prosecutor in the northern city of Tabriz announced that those violating the strict Ramadan penal code for refraining from eating or drinking will be whipped in public if the violators do not comply with the rules in the holy month, reported the state-run news agency Fars on Sunday.
"After 20 days into the month of Ramadan more than 50 people were sentences to whipping for violating Ramadan's rules," Mohammad-Zadeh said.
"However, we are prepared to enforce the law in public if necessary in the days remaining from Ramadan," he said.
According to article 638 of the Islamic criminal codes, eating in public is considered a crime punishable by law which includes whipping or fines.
With the start of 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 11, nearly 26,000 citizens have already received warring 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.
