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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan's Prostitute Series at Photo London". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bulldozers Smash Tehran Bordellos." Los Angeles Times. 26 February 1980. B5. Retrieved on 6 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Majd, Hooman. "Persian Cats." The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. 2008. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52334-9. 26.


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