Iran arrests 104 at 'Satanist' party

Iran has arrested more than 100 "Satan-worshippers" in a raid on a concert in the southern city of Shiraz where people were drinking alcohol and "sucking blood", a newspaper says.

"One hundred and four members of a Satan-worshipping group were arrested at a party and immoral concert in Shiraz," local Revolutionary Guards chief Abbas Hamidi was quoted as saying by Jam-e Jam newspaper on Wednesday.

"The session was held in a garden outside Shiraz and the Satanist ceremony was broadcast live to the world via the internet," he said, adding the arrest was made by members of the Islamist basij militia linked to the Guards.

"These people drank alcohol, hurt themselves and sucked blood," Hamidi said.

Iranian authorities sometimes link hard rock and heavy metal music and their icons with Satan worship.

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