A number of women working at the Behesht Zahra mortuary in Tehran objected to the Tehran Criminal Court’s verdict.
The court had convicted a young woman in April for a relationship with a stranger to 74 lashes and to work for two years in a mortuary.
“Our job is an honorable job and a symbol of serving people; such approaches discredit us and our job… We endure eight hours of hard work and numerous problems at work, as well as various pains and injuries, but such approaches are intolerable,” the women workers said.
(The state-run ILNA news agency – June 27, 2017)