New city prostitutes

"Last night, the cursed people of New City brought a painful and disastrous night to the morning. Thirsty, hungry and shivering from the cold, they cried over their bitter fate. Their crying was not because their sinful shelter was destroyed. They shed tears at the trajectory of their ruined lives. As we know, most of them have been led to this sinful path not by their own will, but by force, pressure, threats and by a handful of bullies. This is a part of one of the notes of the newspaper on January 30, 1979, the day after some people set fire to Shahreno (the place where Tehran prostitutes live and work); 12 days before the victory of the revolution and three days before Imam's arrival in Iran.

As the newspaper reported, in addition to the burning of the houses in Shahr No, women were also attacked and probably 2-3 women prostitutes were killed and some were injured.
The Imam had not yet come to Iran and Ayatollah Taleghani was a famous figure of the revolution in Iran, after this incident a message from his house was published in the newspaper condemning the burning of New City. And it said: "The residents of this fort, who are among the convicts of the corrupt colonial and authoritarian system of this society, and in any case, they should be immune from any aggression and should be guided and guided at appropriate opportunities by the inspiration of the school of mercy and human dignity of Islam." And decorate with the ornament of repentance and return to society.

In the newspaper report, some women and people of New City were also interviewed, which had interesting points. Women prostitutes talked about their displacement and being forced, and in public interviews, a student said that these women have houses in the city, and when this place is destroyed, these women will spread throughout the city, and this is not the right thing to do.

New City, Jamshid neighborhood and Qale were the names by which this area was known. A neighborhood with prostitution houses, a place for the private lives of prostitutes and several cafes, cabarets and cinemas. Its entrance had a guard and some women were official and had traffic cards, and some were unofficial and without traffic cards.
The important point is Ayatollah Taleghani's attention to the root of the story and not dealing with the result of a trend. This attention is not an easy attention, and some people are interested in erasing and hiding the results of the problem, which is easier, instead of pursuing the root solution of the problems, which is more difficult.

After the victory of the revolution, the situation of the Jamshid neighborhood bothered many revolutionaries. 1979 July 12 Newspapers reported the execution of three women who were the leaders of New City; Pari Bolandeh, Soraya Turke and Ashraf Chaharchesham. Before the start of Ramadan in 1979, the committee announced the closure of Shahrno activities forever and then destroyed many parts of the houses in that area. When women ask if there is a place for them? The answer is negative, and some of them are entrusted to welfare, while welfare does not have the ability and possibility to maintain them.
Another point in the issue of these women is that Ayatollah Taleghani and others tried to create new conditions for some women by creating jobs and shelters, and they had some success, but these honest efforts were not a complete solution either. While there were about 9,000 men in the same New City in addition to women, whose income was provided by New City; Did anyone think of them?

Pay attention to this part of Hashemi Rafsanjani's diary on May 21, 1986: "A meeting was held in the parliament with the representatives of Tehran and the ministers of guidance, housing, health, justice, and the municipality and governorate of Tehran regarding the review of the plan to reform Jamshid neighborhood and transfer corrupt women to another place for We had reform and education. We did not reach a clear result, and the proposal to establish camps and legalize temporary marriages with these deviant women and their gradual assimilation into permanent families was not accepted."

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