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Iran: Norwegian-Iranian Kurd whipped for
two beers
17.5.2007
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Norwegian-Iranian Mamand Mamandy had a brutal
meeting with police after drinking two beers while
on holiday in Iranian Kurdistan
May
17, 2007
Baneh, (Iran-Kurdistan province), --
Norwegian-Iranian Kurd Mamand Mamandy had a brutal
meeting with Iranian police after drinking two beers
while on holiday in Iranian Kurdistan.
"It's getting better now, but I am still in great
pain," Mamandy, 35, told Aftenposten.no. "My brother
is a doctor, and treated me after the whipping. I
was in great pain and could not sleep."
Mamandy, a Kurd, explained that he was visiting his
mother in Baneh (Kurdistan-Iran), Iran in April when
he was arrested by police.
"We were on an outing with family and friends, six
or seven in the evening, and were having a barbecue
and enjoying ourselves. Altogether I drank two
beers. The police happened to drive by," Mamandy
said.
He said that he was immediately arrested and taken
to the police station where he was sentenced to 130
lashes. This sentence, for beer drinking, was
carried out publicly according to news agency Iran
Focus.
"I received 130 lashes on the back of my body.
Police whipped me," Mamandy said. He came to Norway
as an asylum seeker in 1999. He lives in Drammen
with his wife and they are awaiting Norwegian
citizenship.
Mamandy traveled home to Norway shortly after his
punishment and has been since treated by his family
doctor here. |
Mamand Mamandy is still receiving treatment for the
public lashing he received. Photo Aftenposten Norway |
Aftenposten.no has been in contact with the Foreign
Ministry, who said that they had not been contacted
by Mamandy or his family in connection with the
matter.
aftenposten.no
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Iranian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Īranź or
Kurdistana Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) or Rojhilatź
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for the parts of Iran inhabited by Kurds and has
borders with Iraq and Turkey.
It includes the
greater parts of West Azerbaijan province, Kurdistan
Province, Kermanshah Province, and Ilam Province.
Kurds form the majority of the population of this
region with an estimated population of 4 million.
The region is the eastern part of the greater
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democratic federal republic of Iran.
The current
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Kurdistan is Mustafa Hijri
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which covers an area as big as France, about half of
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