NCRI – Colonel Mehdi Ahmadi, the State Security Forces (SSF) – mullahs' suppressive police— spokesman said that 61 people were arrested for eating outdoors while 157 others were given warning citations for the same crime, reported the state-run website Tabnak on Friday.
"Four restaurants were sealed for selling food in the morning hours," Ahmadi said.
Police stopped seven divers and towed their vehicles away for violating the strict regulations imposed for the holy month of Ramadan. They ate while driving, the SSF spokesman added.
Eating in public is considered a serious violation of the law in the month of Ramadan in Iran. The only exception to the rule are passengers, provided that they can back their claim by presenting a valid airline, train or bus ticket. The restaurants are allowed only to cook between the permitted hours posted by the police before Ramadan.
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.
