Iranian students held over satire

Tehran - Iran's security service has arrested two students on charges of insulting the religious sentiments of the nation in …

Tehran - Iran's security service has arrested two students on charges of insulting the religious sentiments of the nation in a satirical play published in a campus magazine, student leaders said yesterday.

The sources said two students at Amir Kabir Technical University had been detained for publishing a play that used religious themes to accuse their rivals of feigning piety for political ends.