Iran: Fear of Imminent Flogging, eleven men.

Amnesty International is concerned that eleven men, involved in four separate incidents, may be at risk of imminent flogging. According to a report on 24 September in the Persian language daily Iran, Dariush, Mehdi and Javad, Iranians resident in Hamburg, Germany, were each sentenced to 64 lashes and ordered to pay a fine of 10 million Iranian Rials (US$1250) in damages, after reportedly filming women in central Tehran as part of documentary on social life in Iran.

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