Shahr-e No
Shahr-e No (Persian: شهرنو, "New City") was the red light district located in Gomrok town of Tehran, Iran. It employed about 1,500 women.[1]
After the Iranian revolution in 1979, in 1980 the government demolished the red light district.[2] Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, said that the Iranian government did this for Islamic reasons and to demonstrate the government's authority.[3] The area was flattened and converted into a park. The women of Shahr-e No are featured in the photographic series The Citadel by Kaveh Golestan.[1]
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- ↑ "Bulldozers Smash Tehran Bordellos." Los Angeles Times. 26 February 1980. B5. Retrieved on 6 October 2009.
- ↑ Majd, Hooman. "Persian Cats." The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. 2008. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52334-9. 26.
